A method of establishing calls between an ingress MPC (the calling party) and an egress MPC (the called party) in MPOA enabled ATM based networks. The call establishment method utilizes the call request SETUP, CONNECT and CONNECT_ACK messages in creating the shortcut VCC between ingress and egress MPCs....http://www.google.de/patents/US6606321?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6606321 - Method of establishing MPOA shortcut virtual channel connections
