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US5319360A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

ATM exchange which resequencies the cells using their sequence numbers

Assignee: Alcatel Lucent NV
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Filing: 1991-03-13
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Granted: 1994-06-07
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Expires: 2011-03-13
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Abstract

Abstract Prior Art/Technical Problem: During the establishment of a call through a switching network 20, the path is selected on the basis of the instantaneous loading of the switching network and maintained during the call. The problem of eliminating local blocking by rearranging existing connections has not been satisfactorily solved because of errors occurring during the rearranging process. Basic Idea: Provide in an ATM exchange operating with virtual connections the same devices which assure the correct order of the cells in the "connectionless" mode. Solution: Each output of the switching network is followed by an output unit 30 which ensures that the cells are output in the correct order. Advantage(s): Virtual connections can be adapted to the instantaneous loading of the switching network error-free at any time. The assurance of the correct order can be implemented so as to largely compensate for delay jitter.

Inventors

  • 👤 Karl Schrodi
  • 👤 Gert Eilenberger
  • 👤 Bodo Pfeiffer
  • 👤 Bozo Cesar

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-04 18:27
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/54; H04L12/56; H04L12/5601; H04L2012/5638; H04L2012/5646; H04L2012/565; H04L2012/5678; H04L2012/5681

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 146 words
An ATM exchange using virtual connections to switch cells, the individual cells associated with each of the virtual connections including respective sequence numbers for identifying the order of the cells of that virtual connection, said ATM exchange comprising a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs, a switching network, means for routing each cell to be switched with the aid of path information along a given, connection-oriented path of the switching network from one of said inputs to at least one of said outputs, and a respective output unit between the switching network and each of the outputs, which includes a buffer for buffering cells to be outputted, wherein each cell, after leaving the switching network, is written into the buffer of the respective output unit, and the order of output of the cells from the buffer is determined with the aid of said sequence numbers.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 146 words
An ATM exchange using virtual connections to switch cells, the individual cells associated with each of the virtual connections including respective sequence numbers for identifying the order of the cells of that virtual connection, said ATM exchange comprising a plurality of inputs, a plurality of outputs, a switching network, means for routing each cell to be switched with the aid of path information along a given, connection-oriented path of the switching network from one of said inputs to at least one of said outputs, and a respective output unit between the switching network and each of the outputs, which includes a buffer for buffering cells to be outputted, wherein each cell, after leaving the switching network, is written into the buffer of the respective output unit, and the order of output of the cells from the buffer is determined with the aid of said sequence numbers.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 31 words
An exchange as claimed in claim 1, further comprising between each of the inputs and the switching network, a respective input unit in which path information is added to each cell.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 32 words
An exchange as claimed in claim 1, further comprising between each of the inputs and the switching network, a respective input unit in which said sequence numbers are added to said cells.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 35 words
An exchange as claimed in claim 1, further comprising distribution means for making copies of at least some of said cells in order to route said some cells to more than one of said outputs.

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