Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Patent
1997-09-30
2000-11-14
Pham, Chi H.
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
370395, 370394, H04L 1228
Patent
active
061480002
ABSTRACT:
A switching apparatus (and method and program storage device for storing the method) for receiving and transmitting data units each segmented into a series of cells of data, including a first cell and a last cell, each cell of a series including a label common to all cells of said series, includes at least one incoming port for receiving cells of a plurality of series at each incoming port, at least one outgoing port for transmitting cells out of the apparatus with an outbound label, a storage device for storing a series of cells received at each incoming port until the last cell of the series is received, and, a device for transmitting each of the series of cells sequentially from the first cell to the last cell from the storage device to a selected outgoing port. Each cell of each series has an outbound label common to all cells of the series, and all cells of each of the series are transmitted before transmitting any cells of other series having the same outbound label.
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patent: 5583868 (1996-12-01), Rashid et al.
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Boivie Richard H.
Feldman Nancy Karen
Viswanathan Arun
Woundy Richard M.
International Business Machines - Corporation
Pham Brenda H.
Pham Chi H.
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