Method for transporting packets between an access interface and a shared network and an access interface utilizing said method
CA 2357896 A1 · Owner: Netcentrex · Inventors: Hersent, Olivier
Overview
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The invention concerns an access interface (16) performing control operations on packet flows transmitted to the concentrating router (12) as part of a contract between the subscriber and a manager of the shared network (10). After performing the control operations concerning a packet to be transmitted the interface access transmits said packet to the concentrating router with a signature based on a secret shared with the concentrating router authenticating that the packet has been subjected to the control operations.
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- Filed December 10, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended December 10, 2019.
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