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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 1995
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan S Turner, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 60 ; 370 942 ;
Abstract
Multicasting is implemented in a virtual circuit switch for an ATM network by recycling data cells through the switch fabric a multiple number of times with a copy-by-two network creating an additional data cell upon each recycle to thereby satisfy the number of connection addresses in the multicast connection. Resequencing of the data cells may be implemented at the exit to the switch fabric as well as upon each recycle of data cells through the switch fabric.