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Ethernet repeater that couples an input data stream to multiple output data streams of differing rates and provides access to a shared bus by a number of inputs and outputs

US6092128A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 28, 1997
Grant dateJul 18, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 28, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/9078
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A buffer comprising a plurality of storage elements, a write pointer configured to indicate a particular storage element to write data received from an input data stream and a plurality of read pointers, each configured to indicate a particular data location to read data from to generate a number of output data streams. The input data stream and the output data streams may be part of a data communications device.

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