Method and system for combining connections over ATM network

摘要

In order to interconnect over the ATM cell switching network two end users which want to exchange different kinds of traffic, as voice in different coding schemes, fax, data traffic and signaling traffic, the two end users are connected with a plurality of virtual channel identifiers. However, within the network the plurality of virtual channel identifiers are treated as a single connection. There is only a single entry in the connection table of each network node. Part of the virtual channel identifier is ignored in the network nodes and remains unchanged. Each virtual channel can be considered independently at the end user level, while the network manages a single connection which saves network resources. <IMAGE>