Abstract: A telecommunications box includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion pivotally coupled with the first housing portion, an adapter panel removably coupled with the first housing portion, and an inner cover pivotally coupled with the first housing portion and removably coupled with the adapter panel. The adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the first housing so as to be pivotal with the inner cover relative to the first housing portion to a raised configuration that provides a technician with improved access to the adapter panel, and the adapter panel is configured to be uncoupled from the inner cover while remaining coupled with the first housing portion in a stowed configuration.

Abstract: A scheduling apparatus includes a server for providing service to entities. The apparatus includes a mechanism for determining whether an entity that is to receive service at a future time from the server will be in conformance with a predetermined criteria at the future time when the entity is to receive service from the server. The apparatus includes a scheduler mechanism for scheduling when entities are to receive service from the server unless the determining mechanism determines the entity is not in conformance. A method for scheduling entities in an ATM network. The method includes the steps of receiving a session of an entity in a memory of an ATM switch connected to the ATM network. Then there is the step of scheduling the session for service by a server of the ATM switch. Next there is the step of determining with a determining mechanism whether the session will be conforming in terms of compliance to traffic contract of the ATM network in the future.

Abstract: An apparatus for serving ATM packets, each packet having cells. The apparatus includes a server which provides service to a cell. The apparatus includes a scheduler mechanism which determines which cell is to receive service from the server. The scheduler mechanism is connected to the server. The apparatus includes a shared memory mechanism having a first region for storing cells of a first packet of a first connection and at least a second region for storing cells of a second packet of a second connection. Each region has a dynamic size determined by demands of the corresponding connection. An apparatus for serving ATM packets, each packet having cells. The apparatus includes a server which provides service to a cell. The apparatus includes a scheduler mechanism which determines which cell is to receive service from the server. The scheduler is connected to the server.

Abstract: A system and method of generating flow control information for a switching node for a digital network is disclosed. The network includes a source device and a destination device interconnected by the switching node. The source device generates cells for transmission at a selected transmission rate to the destination device over a path through the switching node to transmit data in a downstream direction from the source device to the destination device. The source device further periodically generates resource management cells for transmission to the destination device over the path in the downstream direction, and the destination device returns the resource management cells over the path in upstream direction through the switching node to the source device.