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Cell output control apparatus and method

US6330227A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 25, 1999
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 25, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5679
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The cell output control apparatus includes a cell time slot allotment circuit for allotting, cells to be transmitted, to cell time slots with the cell transmission intervals changed, a first holder circuit for holding the value of ACR (Allowed Cell Rate), a first calculator circuit for calculating the ratio, LCR (Line Cell Rate)/ACR, a quantizer circuit for quantizing the ratio, LCR/ACR and controlling the allotment of cell time slots on the basis of the quantization error produced by the quantization, a counter for counting the values of cell time slots, a second calculator circuit for calculating the cell time slots for cells, and a second holder circuit for holding the calculated results, whereby it is possible to absorb the quantization error produced when the ratio, LCR/ACR is quantized into an integral value.

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