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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
3COM Technologies, Georgetown, KY;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
A method of transmitting over virtual channels in an asynchronous transfer mode data received in the form of data packets which are assembled in addressable buffers. A single distribution and recovery queue is maintained in conjunction with a start distribution pointer, a finish distribution pointer and a recovery pointer which is initially set to the same place as the finish distribution pointer, free buffers being entered in the queue between the start and finish distribution pointers.