Appeal No. 2004-0852
Application No. 09/354,651 Page 2
1. A method of establishing a switched virtual circuit (SVC)
between an originating end point and a destination end point in a
network incorporating a multiprotocol label switching network,
the method including: conveying an IP address of the originating
end point and a session identifier across the network to second
call connection processing means associated with the destination
end point; in response thereto, conveying an IP address of the
destination end point together with said session identifier to
first call connection processing means associated with the
originating end point; defining a plurality of first level paths
across the multiprotocol label switching network; defining
through said first and second call connection processing means a
second level path comprising a concatenated series of said first
level paths; transmitting a telecommunications packet over the
network between the end points; attaching a label to the packet
indicative of said second level path at an ingress to the
multiprotocol label switching network; transporting the labeled
packet over said second level path; removing the label from the
packet; and delivering the packet to the destination end point.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner in rejecting the appealed claims are:
Rekhter et al. (Rekhter) 6,339,595 Jan. 15, 2002
(filed Dec. 23, 1997)
Sriram et al. (Sriram), “Anomalies Due to Delay and Loss in AAL2
Packet Voice Systems: Performance Models and Methods of
Mitigation”, IEEE Journal on Selected areas in Communications,
Vol. 17, No. 1, January 1999, pp. 4-17.
Claims 1-5 and 8-11 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 102(e)
as being anticipated by Rekhter.
Claim 7 stands rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103(a) as being
unpatentable over Rekhter in view of Sriram.
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