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Interface facility for a packet switching system

  • US 4,488,289 A
  • Filed: 06/25/1982
  • Issued: 12/11/1984
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/1982
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A packet switching system for communicating a plurality of messages each comprising a plurality of packets, and each packet comprising a logical address, said system comprises:

  • transmission means for communicating a one of said messages;

    a central processor responsive to destination information of a first packet of said one of said messages to generate logical and physical address information;

    memory means associated with said transmission means responsive to the generated logical and physical address information to store said generated information;

    controller means associated with said transmission means comprising means responsive to a subsequent one of said packets of said one of said messages to read the stored logical and physical address information, means for concatenating said logical and physical address information with said subsequent one of said packets, and means for transmitting said concatenated logical and physical address information and said subsequent one of said packets;

    a switching network responsive to said transmitted concatenated logical and physical address information and said subsequent one of said packets to route said logical and physical address information and said subsequent one of said packets through said network.

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