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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:
Jun. 02, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cole S VanDervort, Frederick, MD (US);
Elias E Fahel, Germantown, MD (US);
Assignee:
Telecommunications Techniques Corporation, Germantown, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370232 ; 370244 ; 370250 ; 370253 ; 370395 ;
Abstract
An instrument for identifying the types of individual cells in a stream of ATM cells by individually examining the cell header and cell payload information of each cell. A microprogram within a microsequencer is vectored responsive to each cell type for updating appropriate statistical counters. Identification of individual cell types by examination of their cell headers on networks operating at speeds of up to 622 Mbps allows numerous network utilization statistics of interest to be gathered.