Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1994-01-27
1995-09-26
Chin, Wellington
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
370 942, 370 681, 370110, H04L 1256
Patent
active
054539790
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for generating route information for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell processing includes a route agent (64) that transmits a route request cell in response to a determination that route information for a particular ATM cell is not found within a route cache (62). A route processor (34) receives the route request cell from the route agent (64) and performs a route lookup operation within a set of routing tables (32). A master processor (30) builds and maintains the routing tables (32) in response to network and switch topologies received from and generated by an administration module (14). The route processor (34) obtains route information, such as destination card and port number, from the routing tables (32) and generates a route response cell containing the appropriate route information. The route agent (64) receives the route response cell from the route process (34) and updates the route cache (62) as determined by a least recently used manager (65). Processing continues on the ATM cell using the newly generated route information and remaining ATM cells within a packet are processed with the newly generated route information in the route cache (62) without any further routing generation.
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Duffie P. Kingston
Schibler Ross M.
Topol A. Mitchell
Chin Wellington
DSC Communications Corporation
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