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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Kiyoshi Kohzuki, Ebina, JP;
Takeshi Aimoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Takeki Yazaki, Kokubunji, JP;
Noriyuki Tanaka, Ebina, JP;
Yoshinori Yamamura, Hadano, JP;
Kiyoshi Kohzuki, Ebina, JP;
Takeshi Aimoto, Sagamihara, JP;
Takeki Yazaki, Kokubunji, JP;
Noriyuki Tanaka, Ebina, JP;
Yoshinori Yamamura, Hadano, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A traffic shaper which includes a cell buffer for temporarily storing an ATM cell arrived thereat, a first calculator for calculating an estimated cell sending time according to a VC contracted bandwidth, a second calculator for calculating an estimated cell sending time according to a VP contracted bandwidth, a binary tree VP sorting circuit for determining VP to be sent in top priority, a binary tree VC sorting circuit for determining VC to be sent in top priority, and a sending circuit for sending a cell in which the determined VP and VC are both brought to a transmittable state. The VP estimated sending time is revised according to the VC estimated sending time.