Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: An ATM handler that sets a switchover indication to a control register according to a system switchover order from a controller such that a switchover indication is supplied to a selector and line interfaces according to an output signal from the register. The setting of a switchover indication synchronize a switchover of an operation to count user cells between the line interfaces of the active and standby systems with a switchover of a stream of input cells to an ATM switch by a selector. A protection period is provided to allow a time after the system switchover according to a transmission delay lag. The line interface related to a delayed phase assigns a bit for stopping counting to cells input during the protection period so that the counting operation is conducted for the cells other than those assigned with the bit for stopping counting. As a result, duplicate of counting cells is prevented and the number of user cells are accurately counted.

Abstract: Apparatus for executing the connection admission control for PVC and SVC efficiently in an ATM network system which includes a network management equipment and a network equipment. The control function of the network management equipment executes resource allocation to PVC and SVC and notifies the network equipment of resource management information for SVC. For a request of PVC setup, the control function of the network management equipment executes the connection admission control for PVC and notifies the network equipment of the admission result. For a request of SVC setup, the network equipment executes the connection admission control for SVC. Communication overhead is reduced since it is not necessary to inquire the network equipment about connection admission from the network management equipment during PVC setup. Furthermore, the network equipment can count call blocking of SVC.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: An ATM communication system including a plurality of communication nodes connected in a loop form by buses, buffers disposed in each communication node, a synchronizing pulse generation circuit for conducting cell demultiplexing of all communication nodes at the same timing, storage devices disposed in each communication node to store mounting position information of the communication node and slot generator position information, and a circuit used by each communication node to automatically transmit and receive cells on the basis of position information described above.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: A looped bus system includes several nodes connected by unidirectional buses having opposite directions of signal transmission. The head of bus function for each bus is located at a node different from the head of bus function for the other bus. The head of bus function for each bus is located at the same node as the termination of bus function for the other bus. As a result, the buses can be reconfigured and nodes can be added freely by the use of a bus portion that is unused in the looped bus under normal condition.

Abstract: Distributed LANs are connected to a wide area network through terminal adapters, which are interconnected by virtual circuits to form a logical bus network. Each terminal adapter copies cells received through the virtual circuit that is allocated for multicasting, and transfers the copied cells to the adjacent terminal adapters via preset virtual circuits. The terminal adapters assemble a part or all of the transmitted message from the received cells and, according to the contents of the assembled message, transfer the copies of the cells to the adjacent terminal adapters through predetermined virtual circuits.

Abstract: An ATM communication system including a plurality of communication nodes connected in a loop form by buses, buffers disposed in each communication node, a synchronizing pulse generation circuit for conducting cell demultiplexing of all communication nodes at the same timing, storage devices disposed in each communication node to store mounting position information of the communication node and slot generator position information, and a circuit used by each communication node to automatically transmit and receive cells on the basis of position information described above.

Abstract: A looped bus system includes several nodes connected by unidirectional buses having opposite directions of signal transmission. The head of bus function for each bus is located at a node different from the head of bus function for the other bus. The head of bus function for each bus is located at the same node as the termination of bus function for the other bus; As a result, the buses can be reconfigured and nodes can be added freely by the use of a bus portion that is unused in the looped bus under normal condition.

Abstract: An ATM switching system which includes an input interface which is provided every incoming line and serves to convert header information of each input cell into internal routing information, a shared buffer memory and a cell writing control unit which forms normal cell list structures, which are prepared in correspondence to outgoing lines and in which a plurality of normal cells are chained together with their next addresses, and a broadcast cell list structure, in which a plurality of broadcast cells are chained together with their next addresses, in the shared buffer memory, and serves to add successively the input cells to ones of the list structures, which are selected in correspondence to respective internal routing information. The invention also includes a cell reading control unit which serves to fetch selectively the cell from the list structures formed in the shared buffer memory to distribute the cell thus fetched to the associated outgoing lines.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.

Abstract: A hit-less protection switching method and apparatus therefor for ATM transmission lines for selecting first cells from normal received signals and writing the same into a normal cell buffer, selecting second cells from emergency received signals and writing the same into an emergency cell buffer, reading the first cells from the normal cell buffer after a first delay time, reading the second cells from the emergency cell buffer after a second delay time, comparing the contents of the first cell with the contents of the second cell and changing the difference between the first delay time and the second delay time, when a state of discrepancy between the contents of the first cell and the contents of the second cell is continuously detected for a predetermined time, to dissolve the state of discrepancy, and selecting one of the cells read from the normal cell buffer and the emergency cell buffer with a delay as communications information.

Abstract: In a communication apparatus using an asynchronous transfer mode, there is provided a system switching method, and apparatus, without loss of signal for performing cell multiplexing or cell switching in a duplex system including a primary system and a standby system. In system switching, control information for switching between the primary system and the standby system is prepared. When a cell is inputted to the communication apparatus, the prepared control information is appended in a header portion of the cell. The cell with control information appended thereto is transmitted to the duplex system including the primary system and the standby system. On the basis of the control information, cell transfer of each system is controlled.

Abstract: A traffic shaping method and circuit of a packet switching system in which input packets having a fixed length and multiplexed on a plurality of inputs are multiplexed to be delivered on any output of a plurality of outputs, connects the input packet to a list structure using an address chain formed for each output, forms the list structure even for each line identifier provided in the packet, and assigns the identifier for each time slot of the output to take out the packet from the list structure, to thereby prevent the packet having the same identifier from being multiplexed and delivering to the output continuously.

Abstract: In a cell delineation circuit, an input signal is converted into parallel signals, and a plurality of parallel signals (i.e. series of parallel signals) which are shifted one bit by one bit from each other are formed from those parallel signals. CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check) calculations are executed in parallel for the plurality of parallel signals. A series in which a pattern to be calculated satisfies a CRC rule is determined from results of the CRC calculations, and this series is generated, thereby establishing a cell delineation.

Abstract: An ATM switching system comprises a switch unit including a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports having the same cell transmission rate, and a multiplexer for multiplexing cell trains outputted from at least two output ports into a single cell train and outputting the cell train to a high-speed output line (and/or a demultiplexer for demultiplexing a cell train from an output port into a plurality of cell trains and outputting the cell trains to a plurality of low-speed output lines). The switch unit includes a buffer memory for temporarily storing cells inputted from the input ports while forming a queue chain for each output line to which each cell is to be outputted, a demultiplexer for distributing the cells read from the buffer memory among the output ports in circulation, and a buffer memory control circuit for controlling the write and read operation of cells with the shared buffer memory.