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ATM switching apparatus applicable to short cell

US6757254B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJul 12, 2002
Grant dateJun 29, 2004
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Expiry dateJul 12, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5672
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An ATM switching apparatus applicable to a short cell including an ATM-SW outputting a cell from an output path corresponding to a cell identifier, an interface unit, a demultiplexer, and a multiplexer. The interface unit sets, when a cell storing a plurality of short cells is inputted, the cell identifier so that the cell is transmitted from ATM-SW to the demultiplexer, and outputs the cell toward the ATM-SW. The demultiplexer receives the cell and produces a plurality of partial fill cells, and outputs them, while setting an identifier of each partial fill cell, the partial fill cell is outputted. The multiplexer receives a plurality of the partial fill cells, produces a cell storing a plurality of the short cells in accordance with the identifiers and outputs the cell to the ATM-SW.

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