×

ATM switching arrangement

  • US 5,459,724 A
  • Filed: 05/20/1993
  • Issued: 10/17/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/02/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. An ATM telecommunications switch, comprising:

  • a plurality of parallel data switching planes and a parallel control plane, the switch having an equal number of input ports and output ports, and a central switching unit to switch each input port to any output port;

    connection means for connecting data from a single timeslot on the central switching unit to a plurality of output ports in a point to multipoint operation, said central switching unit including a forward transfer store to provide additional storage for multipoint cells, said forward transfer store having a top rank section restricted to use for broadcast connections; and

    control means for treating a multipoint cell as a broadcast cell.

View all claims
  • 7 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×