Method and apparatus for serving data
AssigneeSony Europa B.V.
InventorsPaul Hodgins, Gert Josef Elisa Copejans, Yoeri Apts, Johan De Vos
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Abstract
VPI/VCI of an ATM cell is translated into an internal ID by distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry. A section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell is selected; and a search over the selected section is performed to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell. An internal ID corresponding to the found entry is outputted.
Claims6
A method for translating a VPI/VCI of an ATM cell into an internal ID comprising the steps of:
- distributing VPI/VCI entries into sections in a table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry;
- receiving an ATM cell;
- selecting a section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell;
- performing a search over the selected section to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell;
- and
- outputting an internal ID corresponding to the found entry.
An apparatus for translating a VPI/VCI of an ATM cell into an internal ID comprising:
- a table for storing VPI/VCI entries and being divided into sections;
- means for distributing VPI/VCI entries into the sections in the table according to a portion of each VPI/VCI entry;
- means for selecting a section to be searched according to the portion of a VPI/VCI of an received ATM cell;
- and
- means for performing a search over the selected section to find an entry corresponding to the VPI/VCI of the received ATM cell and for outputting an internal ID corresponding to the found entry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.