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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Hiromichi Makishima, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Obana, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroyuki Asano, Kawasaki, JP;
Toshiaki Ookubo, Yokohama, JP;
Hideo Abe, Yokohama, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
An ATM cell bridge apparatus and a cell bridging method as well as an information transmission system having a cell bridge apparatus by which a cell can be outputted in accordance with a priority degree even during multicast processing. The ATM cell bridge apparatus includes a buffer unit for storing cell data of input cells, a buffer control unit for controlling writing and reading out of the cell data into and from the buffer unit, a cell production control unit for managing multicast information of the cell data read out from the buffer unit by the buffer control unit and producing a cell to be outputted from header information of the cell data, and a cell outputting unit for outputting the cell produced by the cell production control unit and issuing a cell data readout request to the buffer control unit.