COMMUNICATION NETWORK WITH INCREASED ROUTING FLEXIBILITY

摘要

In an ATM communication network ATM cells to be transmitted to a subscriber have an address field comprising a VPI/VCI indicator. In large networks it can happen that the address space that can be covered by said VPI/VCI indicator. By using an address translator (10) which translates a part of the VPI/VCI indicator into a new address having a larger address space that the part of the VPI/VCI indicator, a larger number of subscribers can be addressed.