LOW BANDWIDTH AAL5 DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

A low bandwidth data message is transferred between at least two entities in an ATM network by packaging the massage into an AAL5 frame and then segmenting the frame into at least one ATM cell for transmission across a virtual channel. A receiving entity performs a substantially reverse operation in order to retrieve the message. Low bandwidth data may comprise data transfer at a rate of 1-5Mb per second, and preferably 2 Mb per second or data transferred at a rate of 1% or less of an operating speed of a processor in an ATM entity.