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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Susumu Tominaga, Kawasaki, JP;
Shinji Michii, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L / ; H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370375 ; 370398 ; 370415 ;
Abstract
A plurality of cell switches that operate at a basic switching rate are provided, and a unit including (FIFO buffers) for queuing cells from the transmission line are provided in correspondence with respective ones of the cell switches. Cells from the transmission line are demultiplexed and written to the prescribed FIFO buffer by a cell demultiplexer, cells are read out of each FIFO buffer at the basic switching rate and entered into the corresponding cell switch, and cells switched by each of the cell switches are multiplexed and sent to a transmission line by a multiplexer.