In-band control mechanism for switching architecture
First Claim
1. A system for providing in-band control for transmitting data from a local end to a remote end and for remote provisioning of circuits, comprisinga plurality of storage devices at the local end,a switching system executing:
- a process for sorting incoming TDM data into the plurality of storage devices as a function of a destination associated with respective TDM data,a process for reading data from the storage devices according to a predetermined sequence, whereby data transmitted from the local end is received at the remote end in a sequence representative of data destination, anda process for monitoring incoming data and creating a connection table at the local end for storing information representative of memory locations at the remote end being provisioned for storing data associated with a respective one of the destinations.
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Abstract
Systems for in-band control that establish relationships between incoming data and one or more destinations to which the data is to be transmitted. In the in-band control embodiments described herein, a connection is established between two ends of a circuit by provisioning at one end of the circuit. A circuit connection table is kept at both ends of the circuit. This table contains the new and existing circuit connection information. A software process writes to the connection table at the local end of the circuit with the address information of the remote end of the circuit. The circuit connection information is to be periodically sent to the remote end to establish or tear down new connections.
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1. A system for providing in-band control for transmitting data from a local end to a remote end and for remote provisioning of circuits, comprising
a plurality of storage devices at the local end, a switching system executing: -
a process for sorting incoming TDM data into the plurality of storage devices as a function of a destination associated with respective TDM data, a process for reading data from the storage devices according to a predetermined sequence, whereby data transmitted from the local end is received at the remote end in a sequence representative of data destination, and a process for monitoring incoming data and creating a connection table at the local end for storing information representative of memory locations at the remote end being provisioned for storing data associated with a respective one of the destinations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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- 12. A process for providing in-band provisioning control for a switch, comprising the steps of processing incoming TDM data to identify a number of circuits to provision for, at a local end, provision memory locations at a remote end that are capable of storing data for respective ones of the identified circuits, generating a table representative of the circuits and provisionable memory locations, and transmitting the table as in-band data packets to the remote end.
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