Telecommunication system Including a local area network (LAN), an asynchronous transmission mode (ATM) network, and a broadband data service (BDS) network in which a protocol data unit is not reconfigured in the (BDS) network

• US 6,104,725 A
• Filed: 04/01/1997
• Issued: 08/15/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/1994
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Telia AB (Government of Norway)
• Inventors: Nazari, Ala, Kavak, Nail, Laraqui, Kim
• Primary Examiner(s): Kizou, Hassan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pezzlo, John
• Application Number:
  US08/776,598
• Time in Patent Office: 1,232 Days
• Field of Search: 370/352, 370/353, 370/468, 370/471, 370/474, 370/395, 370/401, 370/392, 370/338, 370/466, 370/467, 709/250, 709/249
• US Class Current: 370/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4608 LAN interconnection over ATM networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for broadband data service transmission in telecommunication system. The invention aims at implementing bridges in public ATM network, by which public data communication services can be used by private, local networks LAN. The bridges make use of a connectionless data service function by means of broadband data service servers (BDS). The ATM network uses the protocol AAL5. According to the invention the transmission can by that be made without buffering. Preferably respective local network is connected via only one BDS server and the transmission in the BDS network is in streaming mode.

Claims

1. A telecommunication system comprising:

a Local Area Network (LAN);

an Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM) network; and

a Broadband Data Service (BDS) network connecting the LAN and the ATM network and including at least one BDS server configured to perform a connectionless service function to transmit cells between the LAN and the ATM network without reconfiguring a protocol data unit of a cell in the BDS network,

wherein transmission of information in the BDS network is in streaming mode while BDS users work in a message mode.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one BDS server includes a plurality of BDS servers and each of the plurality of BDS servers decides a next node in which a cell must be transmitted to reach its final destination.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the ATM network includes at least one switch which forwards BDS ATM-cells having a Virtual Path Identity (VPI) field of "BDS" to the at least one BDS server.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the ATM network is configured to use an ATM Adaption Layer (AAL5) protocol.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one BDS server analyzes a BDS ATM cell transmitted from the ATM network, and determines if the BDS ATM cell is one of 1) a Beginning Of Message (BOM) cell, 2) a Continuation Of Message (COM) cell, or 3) a End Of Message (EOM) cell.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the at least one BDS server identifies a VPI/VCI over which the BDS ATM cell is to be transmitted when the at least one BDS server determines the BDS ATM cell is a BOM cell, and transmits the BDS ATM cell to its final destination over the identified VPI/VCI.

7. A telecommunication method, comprising the steps of:

connecting a Local Area Network (LAN) to an Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM) network via a Broadband Data Service (BDS) network including at least one BDS server; and

transmitting cells between the LAN and the ATM network without reconfiguring a protocol data unit of a cell in the BDS network,

wherein transmission of information in the BDS network is in streaming mode while BDS users work in a message mode.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of:

deciding, by the at least one BDS server, a next node in which a cell must be transmitted to reach its final destination.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of:

forwarding, by the ATM network, BDS ATM-cells having a Virtual Path Identity (VPI) field of "BDS" to the at least one BDS server.

10. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the step of:

configuring the ATM network to use an ATM Adaption Layer (AAL5) protocol.

11. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

analyzing, by the at least one BDS server, a BDS ATM cell transmitted from the ATM network; and

determining, by the at least one BDS server, if the BDS ATM cell is one of

     1) a Beginning Of Message (BOM) cell,

     2) a Continuation Of Message (COM) cell, or

     3) a End Of Message (EOM) cell.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising the steps of:

identifying, by the at least one BDS server, a VPI/VCI over which the BDS ATM cell is to be transmitted when the determining step determines the BDS ATM cell is a BOM cell; and

transmitting, by the at least one BDS server, the BDS ATM cell over the VPI/VCI identified in the identifying step.

13. A telecommunication system, comprising:

means for connecting a Local Area Network (LAN) to an Asynchronous Transmission Mode (ATM) network via a Broadband Data Service (BDS) network including at least one BDS server; and

means for transmitting cells between the LAN and the ATM network without reconfiguring a protocol data unit of a cell in the BDS network,

wherein transmission of information in the BDS network is in streaming mode while BDS users work in a message mode.

14. The system according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for deciding, by the at least one BDS server, a next node in which a cell must be transmitted to reach its final destination.

15. The system according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for forwarding, by the ATM network, BDS ATM-cells having a Virtual Path Identity (VPI) field of "BDS" to the at least one BDS server.

16. The system according to claim 13, further comprising:

means for configuring the ATM network to use an ATM Adaption Layer (AAL5) protocol.

17. The system according to claim 13, further comprising the steps of:

means for analyzing, by the at least one BDS server, a BDS ATM cell transmitted from the ATM network; and

means for determining, by the at least one BDS server, if the analyzed BDS ATM cell is one of

     1) a Beginning Of Message (BOM) cell,

     2) a Continuation Of Message (COM) cell, or

     3) a End Of Message (EOM) cell.

18. The system according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

means for identifying, by the at least one BDS server, a VPI/VCI over which the BDS ATM cell is to be transmitted when the determining means determines the BDS ATM cell is a BOM cell; and

means for transmitting, by the at least one BDS server, the BDS ATM cell over the VPI/VCI identified by the identifying means.