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H - Electricity
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H04L 12/54 (2006.01) H04L 12/56 (2006.01) H04Q 11/04 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2119205
An ATM communication system comprising an ATM switch having a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports, each of the said input ports being fed from an input port server and each of the said output ports being arranged to feed an output port server. The input port servers each have a plurality of buffer stores one for each of the output ports to which said output port data is transmitted through the switch. Each buffer store in the input port servers is arranged to interrogate the output port server with which it communicates by means of a bandwidth request before the transmission of data, thereby to determine whether output port server data handling capacity is available, whereby ATM switch operation during periods of peak traffic is facilitated. The system includes a queuing arrangement for bandwidth requests received during periods when there is no available bandwidth capacity, the arrangement being such that requests are released in a predetermined order when capacity becomes available.
Davis Simon Paul
Fischer Wolfgang
Hayter Andrew Timothy
Worster Thomas
Aktiengesellschaft Siemens
Fetherstonhaugh & Co.
Roke Manor Research Limited
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