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AssigneesRoke Manor Research Limited, Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndrew T. Hayter, Simon P. Davis, Paul P. Momtahan, Eugen B. Wallmeier
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An apparatus having a buffer store connected to an input line upon which ATM cells are received, and an output line upon which ATM cells are transmitted is provided. A control device receives, for each cell, a channel identifier and a path identifier from which a first signal is generated indicative of a maximum delay value which is applied to the buffer store and used to schedule the particular cell for transmission on a calendar controlling a sustainable cell rate. The control device generates a second signal indicative of a minimum delay value which is applied to the buffer and, in conjunction with the first signal, is used to schedule the particular cell for transmission on a calendar controlling the peak cell rate. The apparatus can also handle routing information, where a group of channel connections define a Route which share a peak cell rate for the Route and are scheduled on the peak cell rate calendar.
In an apparatus for queuing and scheduling ATM cells connected to an output side of an ATM switch including buffer means connected to an input line upon which ATM cells are received, an output line upon which ATM cells are transmitted, control means for receiving, for each cell, a channel identifier and a path identifier from which a first signal is generated indicative of a maximum delay value which is applied to the buffer means and used to schedule a particular cell for transmission on a first calendar for controlling a sustainable cell rate, the improvement comprising:
In an apparatus for queuing and scheduling ATM cells connected to an output side of an ATM switch including buffer means connected to an input line upon which ATM cells are received, an output line upon which ATM cells are transmitted, control means for receiving, for each cell, a channel identifier and a path identifier from which a first signal is generated indicative of a maximum delay value which is applied to the buffer means and used to schedule a particular cell for transmission on a first calendar for controlling a sustainable cell rate, the improvement comprising:
A method of queuing and scheduling ATM cells connected to an output side of an ATM switch having buffer means connected to an input line upon which ATM cells are received, an output line upon which ATM cells are transmitted, control means for receiving, for each cell, a channel identifier and a path identifier from which a first signal is generated indicative of a maximum delay value which is applied to the buffer means and used to schedule the particular cell for transmission on a first calendar for controlling a sustainable cell rate, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of queuing and scheduling ATM cells connected to an output side of an ATM switch having buffer means connected to an input line upon which ATM cells are received, an output line upon which ATM cells are transmitted, control means for receiving, for each cell, a channel identifier and a path identifier from which a first signal is generated indicative of maximum delay value which is applied to the buffer means and used to schedule the particular cell for transmission on a first calendar for controlling a sustainable cell rate, wherein a group of channel connections defining a route share a peak cell rate for the route, the method comprising the steps of:
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