Method and apparatus for coupling an ATM communication layer to a plurality of time-division multiplex communication terminals
US7110410B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 19, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/568
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for coupling an ATM communication layer to a plurality of N mutually time-independent time-division multiplex communication terminals having an overall payload cell rate CRN which involves: generating a control signal sequence with a clock rate corresponding to the overall payload cell rate CRN of the N time-division multiplex communication terminals, whereby the control signals can represent a first or a second status; offering a fixed data pattern; transmitting the ATM cells coming from the ATM communication layer into an ATM cell waiting list; transmitting, on demand, an ATM cell from the ATM waiting list to the requesting time-division multiplex communication terminal when the respectively oldest control signal of the control signal sequence represents the first status, and transmitting the fixed data pattern to the requesting time-division multiplex communication terminal when the oldest control signal of the control signal sequence represents the second status; and deleting the oldest control signal of the control signal sequence. The method enables a frictionless coupling of an ATM communication layer having a plurality of mutually independent time-div…
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