US PATENT SUBCLASS 370 / 397
.~.~.~.~ Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)

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370 /   HD   MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATIONS

351  DF  PATHFINDING OR ROUTING {5}
389  DF  .~ Switching a message which includes an address header {11}
395  DF  .~.~ Message transmitted using regularly occurring fixed length time intervals (e.g., ATM) {2}
396  DF  .~.~.~ Distributed switching {1}
397.~.~.~.~ Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)

DEFINITION

Classification: 370/397

Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC):

(under subclass 396) Subject matter wherein packets of information are communicated between two or more stations on physical paths or circuits which may vary with time during a connection, and are identified using a transparent addressing scheme.

(1) Note. The time varying paths or circuits are also called virtual paths (VP) or virtual circuits (VC).

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

399, for employing logical addressing for routing in ATM centralized switching.

409, for employing logical addressing for routing in non-ATM distributed switching.