Adapter monitoring storage capacity of its buffer and sequentially generating ready signals to notify a terminal to transfer more burst data to the buffer
US5710942A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 10, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jan 20, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 10, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A broadband integrated services digital network includes a network, first and second terminals, and first and second terminal adapters. Each of the first and second terminal adapters includes a buffer storing a predetermined number of bursts of data from either the first or second terminal and storing a predetermined number of bursts of data from the network, and a first part for sending ready notification information to the network and for receiving the ready notification information from the network. The ready notification information shows that the buffer has an available storage capacity equal to at least one burst. Each of the first and second terminal adapters further includes a second part for sending ready information to the corresponding one of the first and second terminals before the first part receives the ready notification information from the network. At least, one burst is written into the buffer each time the ready information is sent.
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