Method and apparatus for serving data

USRE42587E1 · 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
• Johan De Vos · Brussels, BE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2009
• Grant date: Aug 2, 2011
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2029

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.