Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-11
2007-09-11
Pham, Chi (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
Reexamination Certificate
active
10009250
ABSTRACT:
In a communications system, especially an SDH DCN system in which most network elements (NEs) function as intermediate systems (ISs) rather than end systems (ESs), it is made possible to reduce the constraints on the DCN topology posed by the IS-IS routing protocol by configuring the gateway element (GNE) and the NEs directly connected to it in such a way that the non-gateway NEs appear as ESs to the rest of the system. This is achieved by setting up on each of the digital communication channels (DCCs) of the GNE manual end-system adjacencies for all the NEs reachable through that DCC; setting the “external domain” attribute of these DCCs to TRUE and setting the same attributes of the corresponding DCCs of those NEs which are immediate neighbors of the GNE likewise TRUE; and supplying those DCCs with length-zero reachable address prefixes (RAPs) and configuring the neighbor NEs as level 2 Intermediate Systems. The invention applies especially to SDH ring topologies, in which case the gateway element has two DCCs, but also to bus topologies, in which case the gateway has only one DCC. Systems with more than one gateway element are also catered for.
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Marconi Communications S.p.A.
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