Method and apparatus for clearing a large number of connections in an ATM network
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- clearing a plurality of first connections in bulk between a first node and a second node of an ATM network from the first node;
for each said clearing, sending a first message from the first node to the second node, the first message comprising a single bulk release message from the first node to the second node containing an identification of the first connections, the identification comprising a list of connection identifiers allowing both of consecutive connection identifiers and non-consecutive connection identifiers;
receiving the first message at the second node;
clearing the first connections from the second node in response to the received first message;
sending a single second message from the second node to the first node in response to the clearing of the first connections from the second node and receiving the first message identifying at least one of the connections cleared in response to the received first message, and the first message;
the first node maintaining a database of at least one of a connections cleared and identified in the first message; and
botha connections cleared and identified in the first message, anda connections cleared and identified in the first message but not identified in the second message; and
the first node receiving the second message sent from the second node to the first node.
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Abstract
A method for clearing a plural number of connections from each of two connected nodes by clearing the first connection from the first node, generating a single first message from the first node to the second node identifying the connections, clearing the connections from the second node in response to the receipt of the first message, and generating a second message from the second node to the first node identifying the connections cleared by the second node in response to the second node receiving the first message. Furthermore, a node having circuits for generating and interpreting each of the two messages, and maintaining a database of connection status. Further, each of the two message types that signal a clearing of a plurality of inter-nodal connections.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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clearing a plurality of first connections in bulk between a first node and a second node of an ATM network from the first node; for each said clearing, sending a first message from the first node to the second node, the first message comprising a single bulk release message from the first node to the second node containing an identification of the first connections, the identification comprising a list of connection identifiers allowing both of consecutive connection identifiers and non-consecutive connection identifiers; receiving the first message at the second node; clearing the first connections from the second node in response to the received first message; sending a single second message from the second node to the first node in response to the clearing of the first connections from the second node and receiving the first message identifying at least one of the connections cleared in response to the received first message, and the first message; the first node maintaining a database of at least one of a connections cleared and identified in the first message; and
botha connections cleared and identified in the first message, and a connections cleared and identified in the first message but not identified in the second message; and the first node receiving the second message sent from the second node to the first node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of clearing a plural number of connections between a first node and a second node in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode network including:
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sending at least one first message comprising a single bulk release message from the first node to the second node, wherein each first message comprises a list of connection identifiers allowing both of consecutive connection identifiers and non-consecutive connection identifiers, each first message including an identification of at least one of each of a plural number of first connections to be cleared in bulk from the second node by the first message, and each of a plural number of first connections that is one of cleared from the first node and to be cleared from the first node; for each said first message, clearing from the first node each said first connection; the first node placing into a first database a first record that includes an identification of each first connection cleared from the first node, and into a second database a second record that includes an identification of each first connection cleared from the first node; the second node receiving each first message; the second node clearing each of the first connections identified in each received first message; the second node sending a second message to the first node in response to each received first message that includes an identification of each connection that is one of cleared and to be cleared from the second node; and the first node in response to receiving each second message, deleting form the second database the identification of each connection identified in the second message. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a computer, cause said computer to perform operations comprising:
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preparing at least one first message comprising a single bulk release message to be sent from a first node of an ATM network to a second node of an ATM network, each first message including an identification of a first connections to be cleared in bulk from the second node by the first message, the identification comprising a list of connection identifiers allowing both of consecutive connection identifiers and non-consecutive connection identifiers; for each said first message, clearing from the first node each said first connection; the first node placing into a first database a record that includes an identification of each first connection cleared from the first node, and into a second database a record that includes an identification of each first connection cleared from the first node; the first node interpreting a third message received from the second node after the first message is prepared that includes an identification of at least one connection; and the first node in response to interpreting each third message, deleting form the second database the identification of each of the connections identified in the third message. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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