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Multimedia packet communication system

  • US 5,440,551 A
  • Filed: 01/04/1994
  • Issued: 08/08/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A multimedia packet communication system, comprising:

  • a network layer; and

    an application layer of a higher order than said network layer;

    said application layer delivering a plurality of different quality parameters including an identifier between a stream type and a burst type, a degree of a delay of packet transfer and a degree of a throughput together with an address of the other party to said network layer;

    said network layer including mapping means for mapping, for each packet, setting of a mode to a connectionless mode or a connection mode and setting of whether or not reservation of a band should be performed in accordance with the quality parameters delivered thereto from said application layer, and an ATM driver for establishing a connection to the address of the other party in accordance with a result of the mapping and executing band control to effect a transfer of packets in an asynchronous transfer mode.

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