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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Youiti Kado, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
The ATM exchanges that a plurality of connections are established and a plurality of processes with respect to the plurality of connections having each having a transmission rate arise, the ATM exchange comprising a priority computing circuit which computes a priority of a process, according to a updating frequency of priority assigned to a connection to which the process is associated, a priority comparing circuit which compares a plurality of priorities corresponding to the plurality of processes to select a process having a higher priority among the plurality of processes, and a processing circuit which carries out the selected process.