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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1997
Filed:
May. 12, 1995
Takeo Nakabayashi, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plurality of ATM layer receiving blocks to which different applications are allocated are provided for a physical layer receiving part receiving data from an ATM transmission line and carrying out prescribed physical layer processing. The plurality of ATM layer receiving blocks incorporate data from the physical layer receiving allocated thereto are supplied to execute prescribed ATM block only when data utilized by the applications layer processing, for transmitting the processed data to corresponding higher layer processing functional blocks. A plurality of ATM layer transmission blocks responsible for different applications are provided in parallel with each other and coupled to a common ATM layer transmission block for data communication between a terminal and a network data transmission line. Thus implemented is a generic interface between an ATM layer and a physical layer in a terminal-to-network interface unit in a network in which data communication is carried out in an asynchronous transfer mode.