Apparatus for implementing a lightweight, reliable, packet-based transport protocol
CA 2508748 A1 · Owner: Gai, Silvano · Inventors: Gai, Silvano; Desanti, Claudio; Maino, Fabio R.
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A fast, lightweight, reliable, packet-based protocol (ABC) that operates independent of the type of networking protocol used by the underlying physical layer of the network is disclosed. More specifically the packet based , protocol operates independently of or is capable of encapsulating over physical layer protocols such as but not limited to MAC Ethernet, Ethernet , II, HARD or IP. The protocol defines at least three different types of frames including Information frames, Supervisory frames and Unnumbered frames. In , various embodiments of the invention the Information, Supervisory, and , Unnumbered frames include DSAP and SSAP field with semantics which are sufficiently large to …
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- Filed November 19, 2003. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 19, 2023.
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