Abstract: For fast ethernet switches, a modular and scalable structure using programmable one-port communication modules is disclosed. The forwarding process is sequential and operates in a store-and-forward mode. The design follows a strictly predictable scheme. The forwarding process, the distribution logic, maximum latency and programmable functions, i.e. traffic monitoring capabilities, traffic filtering/policing capabilities and network management function capabilities are described and explained with reference to typical examples.

Abstract: For fast ethernet switches, a modular and scalable structure using programmable one-port communication modules is disclosed. The forwarding process is sequential and operates in a store-and-forward mode. The design follows a strictly predictable scheme. The forwarding process, the distribution logic, maximum latency and programmable functions, i.e. traffic monitoring capabilities, traffic filtering/policing capabilities and network management function capabilities are described and explained with reference to typical examples.

Abstract: A digitized real voice signal is converted via complex filtering into a complex signal that is subjected to sampling rate reduction, the bandwidth of the respective complex filter corresponding to the sampling rate. The complex signal is phase-modulated by means of a code signal generated by a random-number generator and additively combined with a pilot signal (likewise phase-modulated in a random distribution) to form an encrypted useful signal for transmission. The useful signal is sequentially transmitted together with a preamble for synchronization and signal equalization at the receiver end. At the receiver end, clock synchronization is forced for a phase-modulated pilot signal produced at the receiver end and equalizer coefficients for an equalizer at the receiver end are calculated from the digitized received signal after complex filtering and corresponding sampling rate reduction, during a preamble recognition phase, at which point the phase of the useful signal decryption is initialized.