Method and system for establishing content-flexible connections in a communications network
CA 2342009 A1 · Owner: Nortel Networks Corporation · Inventors: Roberts, Kim B.
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A method for efficiently establishing connections along a network route, including determining a maximum capacity determining a set of concatenation constraints and allocating selected resources along the route to allow the delivery of any combination of signals satisfying the determined set of concatenation constraints and having a total capacity not exceeding the maximum capacity. The signal make-up of the open connection can be changed as desired without having to, re-allocate the resources each time. Also disclosed is a method of establishing at least one higher layer connection within a lower layer connection, including determining a first capacity associated with the lower layer …
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- Filed March 26, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 26, 2021.
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