Integrated circuit/packet switching system

Claim 2

In an integrated circuit/packet switching network comprising a plurality of nodes and one or more common access loops for ihter-node network, an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a fixed time cycle frame format allotted to said loop or loops, each of said nodes functioning in accordance with said frame format to sort circuit- and packet-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes for each frame cycle time, to assemble one or more composite packets for each destiriation node from a plurality of circuit- and packet-switched calls designated to said each destination node and to send the assembled composite packet or packets on said loop or loops for each frame cycle time, each node also functioning in accordance with said frame format to extract self-designated composite packets among composite packets on said loop or loops and to disassemble the extracted composite packets into the constituent circuit- and packet-switched calls and to send the separated circuit-and packet-switched calls to corresponding user access lines and/or inter-office trunks.:

Claim 3

2 . The integrated circuit/packet switching system according to claim 1, wherein said frame contains a plurality of time slots and each composite packet is transmitted by using a required number of large time slots in the frame.

Claim 4

In an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a pluraity of nodes and one or more common access loops for inter-node network, an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a fixed time cycle frame format allotted to said loop or loops, each of said nodes functioning in accordance with said frame format to sort circuit-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes for each frame cycle time, to assemble one or more circuit-switched composite packets from a plurality of circuit-switched calls for each destination node and to send the assembled circuit-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, while sorting packet-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes, assembling one or more packet-switched composite packets for each destination node and sending the assembled packet-switched composite packet or packets on said loop or loops, each node also functioning in accordance with said frame format to extract self-designated circuit- and packet-switched compoiste packets among circuit- and packet-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, to disassemble the extracted circuit- and packet-switched composite packets into the constituent circuit- and packet-switched calls and to send the separated circuit- and packet-switched calls to corresponding user access lines and/or inter-office trunks.

Claim 5

In an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a pluraity of nodes and one or more common access loops for inter-node network, an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a fixed time cycle frame format allotted to said loop or loops, each of said nodes functioning in accordance with said frame format to sort circuit-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes for each frame cycle time, to assemble one or more circuit-switched composite packets from a plurality of circuit-switched calls for each destination node and to send the assembled circuit-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, while sorting packet-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes, assembling one or more packet-switched composite packets for each destination node and sending the assembled packet-switched composite packet or packets on said loop or loops, each node also functioning in accordance with said frame format to extract self-designated circuit- and packet-switched compoiste packets among circuit- and packet-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, to disassemble the extracted circuit- and packet-switched composite packets into the constituent circuit- and packet-switched calls and to send the separated circuit- and packet-switched calls to corresponding user access lines and/or inter-office trunks.

Claim 6

The integrated circuit/packet switching system according to claim 3, wherein said frame consists of a plurality of large time slots and each circuit- or packet-switched composite packet is transmitted by using a required number of said time slots.

Claim 7

In an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a plurality of nodes and one or more common access loops for inter-node network, an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a fixed time cycle frame format allotted to said loop or loops, each of said nodes functioning in accordance with said frame format to sort circuit-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes for each frame cycle time, to assemble one or more circuit-switched composite packets from a plurality of circuit-switched calls for each destination node and to send the assembled circuit-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, while assembling packet-switched non-composite packets from packet-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks and sending the assembled packet-switched non-composite packets on said loop or loops, each node also functioning in accordance with said frame format to extract self-designated circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets among circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets on said loop or loops, to disassemble the extracted circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets into the constituent circuit- and packet-switched calls and to send the separated circuit- and packet-switched calls on corresponding user access lines and/or inter-office trunks.

Claim 8

In an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a plurality of nodes and one or more common access loops for inter-node network, an integrated circuit/packet switching system comprising a fixed time cycle frame format allotted to said loop or loops, each of said nodes functioning in accordance with said frame format to sort circuit-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks for individual destination nodes for each frame cycle time, to assemble one or more circuit-switched composite packets from a plurality of circuit-switched calls for each destination node and to send the assembled circuit-switched composite packets on said loop or loops, while assembling packet-switched non-composite packets from packet-switched calls incoming from user access lines and/or inter-office trunks and sending the assembled packet-switched non-composite packets on said loop or loops, each node also functioning in accordance with said frame format to extract self-designated circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets among circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets on said loop or loops, to disassemble the extracted circuit-switched composite packets and packet-switched non-composite packets into the constituent circuit- and packet-switched calls and to send the separated circuit- and packet-switched calls on corresponding user access lines and/or inter-office trunks.

Claim 9

The integrated circuit/packet switching system according to claim 5, wherein said frame consists of a plurality of large time slots and each circuit- switched composite packet or packet-switched non-composite packet is transmitted by using a required number of said time slots.