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Method and apparatus for transmitting message cells via an ATM communication equipment

US5506842A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Christoph Beck · Löwenstein, DE
Bruno Pfaeffel · Herdorf, DE
Michael Stegherr · Neubiberg, DE
Rueidger Tanzke · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 1993
Grant date	Apr 9, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 9, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An interface (SSE) is provided for transmission of message cells appearing on an offering trunk (ZL) with a specific transmission bit rate and belonging to different virtual connections or virtual paths via inputs of an ATM communication equipment (ATM-K) designed for a lower transmission bit rate. This interface includes a plurality of processors (MBHE, SBHE1, . . . , SBHE3) connected to the offering trunk which have their output sides respectively connected to at least one of the inputs. Under the control of one of the processors as a master processor (MBHE), the message cells are cyclically distributed onto all processors and, subsequently, are forwarded by these processors to the ATM communication equipment, upon attachment of a sequence number that is valid at the moment for the respective virtual connection or respective virtual path.

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