Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1995-05-11
1996-05-28
Chin, Wellington
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
370 68, 370 8515, 370108, H04J 306, H04L 12427
Patent
active
055219284
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for transferring data between two entities in a time slot interchange fashion. The apparatus and method includes a buffer memory comprised of three sections to accommodate up to one cycle of skew between the two independently operating entities. Cycle start detection logic coupled to the two entities controls or, as implemented in the preferred embodiment, designates a physical location within the buffer memory for each of the three sections upon receipt of cycle start reference signals from the two entities.
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Edem Brian C.
Evans Michael S.
Worsley Debra J.
Chin Wellington
National Semiconductor Corporation
Nguyen Chau T.
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