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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Masayuki Yamanaka, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
An ATM apparatus includes an ATM device, and a plurality of devices arranged in a multistage formation in which the ATM device is located at a top of the multistage structure. The ATM device and the plurality of devices employ a given interface using an address signal and a control signal, and transfer routing information including address information on at least one of the devices by using the address signal and a data signal written into a given field of an ATM cell.