Device to regulate the flow of ATM cells within an ATM packet switch
US5910942A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 9, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/568
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The disclosed device, placed within an ATM packet switch, is of the type comprising a multiplexer associated with a specified number of input and output buffers and a device to control the internal flows of ATM cells informing the input buffers of the state of congestion of the output buffers. This device further comprises means to convert the flow of sporadic point-to-multipoint cells, arriving at the input of the input buffers, into a regular flow of point-to-multipoint cells towards the multiplexer irrespective of the outgoing direction taken by the cells and independently for each input.
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