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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert Simpson, Bristol, GB;
Neil Richards, Cheddar, GB;
Peter Thompson, Newport, GB;
Pascal Moniot, Bernin, FR;
Marcello Coppola, Trapani, IT;
Pierre Dumas, Sevres, FR;
Thierry Grenot, Clamart, FR;
David Mouen Makoua, Nanterre, FR;
Assignee:
SGS-Thomson Microelectronics Limited, Almondsbury Bristol, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370412 ; 370413 ; 370397 ;
Abstract
An ATM routing switch has a plurality of input and output ports and a buffer for holding a plurality of ATM cells, the cells being held in the buffer as a plurality of queues (F0-F7), each formed as a chained list of addresses with front and back pointers identifying ends of each queue.