NETWORK TO NETWORK BANDWIDTH ON DEMAND

摘要

Subscriber endpoint equipment (120) which connects local area networks (110), such as those using TCP/IP, over wide area networks (160), such as those using ATM or frame relay, automatically detects the quality of service needed for a communications session by an application and establishes a switched virtual circuit having that quality of service. The interface can accommodate both signaled and unsignaled LANs. Protocol differences are accommodated.