Abstract: A route selecting method includes performing a route search for obtaining route information from destination information contained in a received packet; attaching the route information obtained by the route search to the received packet; storing the packet having the route information in a buffer; reading the packet stored in the buffer sequentially from the route information attached to the packet; selecting an output route for the packet read from the buffer based on the route information read from the buffer; and outputting the packet via the selected output route.

Abstract: A route selecting method includes performing a route search for obtaining route information from destination information contained in a received packet; attaching the route information obtained by the route search to the received packet; storing the packet having the route information in a buffer; reading the packet stored in the buffer sequentially from the route information attached to the packet; selecting an output route for the packet read from the buffer based on the route information read from the buffer; and outputting the packet via the selected output route.

Abstract: A packet switch apparatus for switching a packet between a plurality of input ports and a plurality of output ports includes a plurality of input buffers for storing a packet inputted to the input port, a plurality of output buffers for storing a packet outputted to the output port, and a path controller for transmitting the packet stored in the input buffer to the output buffer on the basis of path information of the packet stored in the input buffer by a higher transfer rate than an input rate for receiving the packet at the input port.

Abstract: A frame transmitting method and device insert a channel identifier into predetermined free bytes of parallel channel signals whose phases are different from each other without a phase adjustment, and convert the parallel channel signals into a serial signal to transmit a frame. A frame receiving method and device convert a serial signal whose phase is not adjusted on the transmission side into parallel channel signals, detect a frame pattern from a single channel signal within the parallel channel signals to detect a channel identifier inserted into a predetermined free byte of the single channel signal, and further rearrange channels between all of the parallel channel signals without a phase adjustment, based on the channel identifier.