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Compensation for mismatched transport protocols in a data communications network

  • US 5,224,098 A
  • Filed: 07/17/1991
  • Issued: 06/29/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/17/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of establishing a transport-level connection across a network between a first transport user and a second transport user, each of said users being served by its own transport provider at an interface to the network, said method comprising the steps of:

  • establishing a first set of transport functions consisting of those transport functions required by the first transport user;

    establishing a second set of transport functions consisting of those functions supported by the transport provider for said first transport user;

    comparing each function in the first set with the corresponding function in the second set to determine whether the required function matches the corresponding supported function; and

    compensating for at least one mismatch between a user-required transport function and the corresponding provider-supported function as that function is being performed by adding control data to the data being passed through the network from the transport provider for the first transport user to the transport provider for the second transport user.

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