| Application Number | 00129279 | Application Date | 2000.09.30 |
| Publication Number | 1291033 | Publication Date | 2001.04.11 |
| Priority Information | 1999/10/1 US 09/411,781 | ||
| International Classification |
H04L12/64 | ||
| Applicant(s) Name | Lucent Technologies Co. | ||
| Address | |||
| Inventor(s) Name | Cao Yang | ||
| Patent Agency Code | 11038 | Patent Agent | jiang shixun |
| AbstractA telecommunications system includes a convergence protocol that provides direct inter-layer communications between nodes within the network. The transport layer of one network node may communicate directly with the servic e layer of another network node. The service layer may be configured as an internet protocol (IP) layer, which may employ asynchronous transfer mode switching, and the transport layer may be a SONET transport layer. Each of the nodes that runs the convergence protocol may be a telecommunications element such as an add-drop-multiplexer (ADM) or a digital cross connect. SONET bandwidth provisioning may be accomplished through the inter-element, inter-layer communications of the convergence protocol. | |||