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System and method for implementing suppression in a communications environment

  • US 7,403,501 B2
  • Filed: 05/03/2005
  • Issued: 07/22/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/03/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for communicating data, comprising:

  • a cell site element associated with a Node B and operable to receive a plurality of cells associated with a communications flow, wherein the cell site element is further operable to determine whether one or more of the cells included in the flow should be suppressed, and wherein the cell site element is further operable to suppress a selected one or more of the cells, whereby the cell site element suppresses unused, idle, and redundant information propagating along a backhaul network coupled to the cell site element, the cell site element inspecting ATM traffic and suppressing empty cells and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) adaptation layer (AAL) overhead such that they can be reconstructed at a remote end of the backhaul network.

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