Method and apparatus for serving data

USRE41091E1 · kind E1 · reissue

Assignee

• Sony Service Centre (Europe) N.V. · BE

Inventors

• Paul Hodgins · Tokyo, JP
• Gert Josef Elisa Copejans · Aartselaar, BE
• Yoeri Apts · Zemst, BE
• John De Vos · Montpellier, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 20, 2006
• Grant date: Jan 26, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 20, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC —): General

Abstract

VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distribute VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.