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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2002
Matthias Heink, Munich, DE;
Andreas Foglar, Munich, DE;
Raimar Thudt, Munich, DE;
Friedrich Geissler, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Martin Erdmann, Munich, DE;
Michael Gerling, Munich, DE;
Franz-josef Schaefer, Kempen, DE;
Matthias Heink, Munich, DE;
Andreas Foglar, Munich, DE;
Raimar Thudt, Munich, DE;
Friedrich Geissler, Wolfratshausen, DE;
Martin Erdmann, Munich, DE;
Michael Gerling, Munich, DE;
Franz-Josef Schaefer, Kempen, DE;
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
An ATM-port module for an ATM-node having an Ethernet switch includes an ATM-controller; and an Ethernet-switch interface connecting it to the Ethernet switch. The switch has an Ethernet encapsulating-unit for encapsulating ATM cells processes by the ATM-controller into packets for transmission to the switch, and an Ethernet decapsulating-unit for extracting ATM cells from packets received from the switch. The module further includes a segmentation-and-reassembly unit; and a buffering-and-scheduling unit. The buffering-and-scheduling unit provides a processed enlarged-ATM-cell to the encapsulating-unit when an indication flag indicates that an ATM port is a destination port of the enlarged ATM-cell; and a processed enlarged-ATM-cell to the segmentation-and-reassembly unit when an indication flag indicates that an Ethernet port is the enlarged ATM-cell's destination port.