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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 03, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Siman-Tov Ben-Michael, Givat Zeev, IL;
Michael Ben-Nun, Jerusalem, IL;
Assignee:
Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370474 ; 370 395 ; 370471 ;
Abstract
An Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network adapter having a receiver portion, the receiver portion capable of receiving a first plurality of ATM cells and assembling the first plurality of ATM cells into a first plurality of packets, and a transmitter portion, the transmitter receiving a second plurality of packets and segmenting the second plurality of packets into a second plurality of ATM cells, the receiving portion having a local memory for segmentation, while the transmitter portion having no local memory.