Method of modifying virtual path capacity
First Claim
1. An apparatus, coupled to a communication network, for modifying a virtual path capacity in the communication network which transfers communication cells in an asynchronous transfer mode, each of said communication cells having a virtual path identifier indicative of a virtual path which said communication cell passes through, comprising:
- means for receiving a control cell from a first line of said communication network through said virtual path and passing said control cell to a second line of said communication network along said virtual path, said control cell having control information indicative of a modification to be made to a bandwidth of the virtual path and a virtual path identifier same as that of said communication cell; and
means for modifying a bandwidth allocated to the virtual path in accordance with the control information of said control cell.
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Abstract
A method of modifying a virtual path capacity in a communication network which transfers a first cell in an asynchronous transfer mode between node apparatuses. The first cell has a first virtual path identifier indicative of a virtual path which the first cell passes through. A bandwidth allocated to the virtual path is modified. Notification of the modification of the bandwidth is provided to a node apparatus included in the virtual path by passing a second cell through said virtual path. The second cell has information of the modification and a second virtual path identifier same as the first virtual path identifier. The second cell is received by the node apparatus and a third cell having information of confirmation of reception of the second cell is returned by the node apparatus.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus, coupled to a communication network, for modifying a virtual path capacity in the communication network which transfers communication cells in an asynchronous transfer mode, each of said communication cells having a virtual path identifier indicative of a virtual path which said communication cell passes through, comprising:
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means for receiving a control cell from a first line of said communication network through said virtual path and passing said control cell to a second line of said communication network along said virtual path, said control cell having control information indicative of a modification to be made to a bandwidth of the virtual path and a virtual path identifier same as that of said communication cell; and means for modifying a bandwidth allocated to the virtual path in accordance with the control information of said control cell.
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2. A method of modifying a virtual path capacity in a communication network having a plurality of cross connect apparatuses along the virtual path between two end switching apparatuses, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending out a control cell in an asynchronous transfer mode from one of said two end switching apparatuses to a link along a virtual path already established whose capacity is requested to be modified, said control cell including an identifier indicative of said virtual path and an indication for notifying the modification of capacity of the virtual path; modifying at each of said cross connect apparatuses a control parameter for defining the capacity of said virtual path upon receiving said control cell; and relaying said control cell to a next link along the virtual path by each of said cross connect apparatuses that received said control cell. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A node switching apparatus for forming a part of a virtual path for an asynchronous transfer mode communication network between two end switching apparatuses, comprising:
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means for relaying an input communication cell along a virtual path designated by an identifier of the communication cell indicative of one of a plurality of virtual paths; means for regulating a transmission capacity of input communication cells for each virtual path according to regulation parameters; and means for modifying at least a part of said regulation parameters upon receiving a control cell from upstream side of one of said plurality of virtual paths, said control cell being transmitted from one of said end switching apparatuses to said one virtual path and including an identifier indicative of said one virtual path and an indication for notifying the modification of capacity of said one virtual path. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A communication system for performing communication between a pair of switching apparatuses through communication cells in asynchronous transfer mode, said communication cells transmitted via a plurality of connect nodes connected link by link along a virtual path, wherein:
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each of said switching apparatuses includes means for sending out a control cell in asynchronous transfer mode to a line forming a part of a virtual path whose capacity is intended to be modified, said control cell including an identifier indicative of said virtual path and an indication for requesting the modification of capacity of said virtual path; and each of said connect nodes comprises; means for regulating a transmission capacity of input communication cells for each of a plurality of virtual paths according to regulation parameters; and means for modifying at least a part of said regulation parameters upon receiving said control cell from upstream side of one of said virtual paths. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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