Geographically distributed multiprocessor time-shared communication processing system
This patent describes a multiprocessor communication processing system for use in a communication or telephone network wherein in the system each processor supports processes, a communication system having communication connections between processes for transferring data in accordance with communication parameters, and means invoked by each process requesting a connection to the other processes in the same and different processors for selecting a connection therebetween and passing data defining communication parameters to the selected connection, at least a portion of the communication parameter data being defined by the means invoked by the requesting process independent of the requesting process program code and at least a portion of the communication parameter data being supplied to the means invoked by the requesting process by means responsive to program code being executed by the requesting process.
- Assignee:
- AT and T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ
- Patent Number(s):
- US 4614841
- OSTI ID:
- 5064919
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: Filed date 28 Jun 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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