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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2003
Applicants:
Andries Van Wageningen, Wijlre, NL;
Hans-jurgen Reumerman, Aachen, DE;
Armand Lelkens, Heerlen, NL;
Joern Ungermann, Aachen, DE;
Inventors:
Andries Van Wageningen, Wijlre, NL;
Hans-Jurgen Reumerman, Aachen, DE;
Armand Lelkens, Heerlen, NL;
Joern Ungermann, Aachen, DE;
Assignee:
ST-Ericsson SA, Plan-les-Ouates, CH;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a method and a packet switch for synchronising port controllers () with cross-connection means (). By switching cross-connection means from loopback configurations () to no-transmission configurations, consecutively an offset counter () in a port controller () may be altered until transmission of cells is synchronised, so as cells are switched within said cross-connection means () within transmission periods.