Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure

• US 5,812,550 A
• Filed: 12/06/1996
• Issued: 09/22/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea Telecommunication Authority
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea Telecommunication Authority
• Inventors: Sohn, Sung Won, Kim, Jong Oh, Doh, Yoon Mi
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Wellington
• Assistant Examiner(s): VU, HUY DUY
• Application Number:
  US08/761,498
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• Field of Search: 370/395, 370/396, 370/397, 370/398, 370/399, 370/412, 370/413, 370/414, 370/415, 370/416, 370/417, 370/418, 370/419, 370/420, 370/465, 370/466, 370/467, 370/469, 370/474
• US Class Current: 370/395.4
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5651 Priority, marking, classes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5653 using the ATM adaptation layer [AAL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/5672 Multiplexing, e.g. coding, scrambling
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0478 Provisions for broadband connections

Abstract

An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure is disclosed including: an ATM layer receiving cell processor for storing a cell start signal and cell input data extracted by use of a cell read clock in a buffer when a cell transmissible signal is received from an input signal of a subscriber physical layer function processor, extracting a flag according to the number of stored cells, and performing a multiplexing operation according to a scheduling algorithm using a cell interrupt signal and the extracted flag; a processor interface for forming a cell from data received from a microprocessor, storing the cell in a buffer, generating the cell interrupt signal, and controlling each constituent of the ATM layer function processing apparatus; an ATM layer transmitting cell processor for performing an input cell routing function according to an output port identifier value when a corresponding routing value and a match signal are generated from a connection table, and performing output cell routing, broadcasting and selective broadcasting functions according to the field allocation of an appropriate output port identifier value; and a function mode processor for independently connecting the ATM layer receiving and transmitting cell processors to network and subscriber physical layer function processors connected to each physical link according to a control signal of the processor interface.

Claims

1. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure, comprising:

ATM layer receiving cell processing means for storing a cell start signal and cell input data extracted by use of a cell read clock in a buffer when a cell transmissible signal is received from an input signal of a subscriber physical layer function processor, extracting a flag according to the number of stored cells, and performing a multiplexing operation according to a scheduling algorithm using a cell interrupt signal and the extracted flag;

processor interface means for forming a cell from data received from a microprocessor, storing said cell in a buffer, generating said cell interrupt signal, and controlling each constituent of said ATM layer function processing apparatus;

ATM layer transmitting cell processing means for performing an input cell routing function according to an output port identifier value when a corresponding routing value and a match signal are generated from a connection table, and performing output cell routing, broadcasting and selective broadcasting functions according to the field allocation of an appropriate output port identifier value; and

function mode processing means connected between said ATM layer receiving cell processing means and said ATM layer transmitting cell processing means, for independently connecting said ATM layer receiving cell processing means and said ATM layer transmitting cell processing means to network and subscriber physical layer function processors connected to each physical link according to a control signal of said processor interface means.

2. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ATM layer receiving cell processing means comprises:

input resource processing means for storing a cell start signal and cell input data extracted by use of a cell read clock in a buffer when a cell transmissible signal is received from a plurality of input ports of said subscriber physical layer function processor, counting the number of received cells by a cell count clock to generate the status of a buffer, extracting a flag according to the number of stored cells, and generating cell data by a buffer read signal;

scheduling control means for generating a plurality of buffer select signals which can select a buffer out of a plurality of buffers according to priority by a cell interrupt signal indicating that there is a signal and maintenance cell from said processor interface means and by the flag extracted from said input resource processing means; and

cell output processing means for controlling buffers included in said input resource processing means and said processor interface means by said buffer read signal according to said buffer select signal generated from said scheduling control means, receiving buffer output data generated from one selected buffer and processor output cell data to insert a port identifier assigned as an unique value for each input port, transmitting said buffer output data and said processor output cell data to an output port in synchronization with a byte clock, a cell enable signal and a cell synchronizing signal, constructing said signal and maintenance cell from said processor output cell data generated from said processor interface means to store said signal and maintenance cell in the buffer, and constructing a control and status register to supply a status reporting signal to said processor interface means.

3. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said input resource processing means comprises:

input cell receiving logic means for receiving said cell start signal synchronized with said cell read clock by said cell transmissible signal indicating the there is cell input data from an input port, and notifying a cell counter that one cell is received;

a plurality of buffering means for storing said cell input data;

buffer write control means for writing said cell input data synchronized with said cell read clock in said plurality of buffering means by the unit of a cell;

cell counting means for counting the number of cells in the buffer from a count increase signal generated from said input cell receiving logic means, and said cell count clock and said buffer select signal generated from said scheduling control means; and

cell number comparing means for receiving the number of cells generated from said cell counting means and extracting a flag.

4. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said scheduling control means comprises:

cell select and feedback logic means for receiving said cell interrupt signal generated from said processor interface means and flags generated from said input resources processing eans, and generating cell select signals according to priority;

priority comparing means for determining the priority from said cell select signals generated from said cell select and feedback logic means, said cell interrupt signal and said flags;

fifty-ternary counting means for sequentially counting up to 53 in synchronization with a system clock;

cell count signal generating means for generating a cell count clock which maintains logic "high" at a 30-th clock from the output of said fifty-ternary counting means; and

cell output synchronizing signal generating means for generating a cell clock which maintains logic "high" at a 53-th clock from the output of said fifty-ternary counting means.

5. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 2, wherein said cell output processing means comprises:

buffer read control means for generating said buffer read signal for one buffer enabled from said plurality of buffer select signals generated from said scheduling control means; and

port identifier inserting logic means for inserting a port identifier into said processor output cell data and said buffer output data generated by said buffer read signal of said buffer read control means, and transmitting cell output data of 53 bytes together with a byte clock, a cell enable signal and a cell synchronizing signal to an output port.

6. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said processor interface means comprises:

address decoding means for generating a register select signal and a buffer select signal by use of an 8-bit address and a chip select signal generated from system control processing function means;

status and control register means for supplying processor data to a corresponding register by use of said register select signal generated from said address decoding means, controlling each constituent of said ATM layer function processing apparatus, reporting an operating state of said ATM layer function processing apparatus, reporting whether each input buffer is full by a register value, receiving control information about connection control, ATM header conversion and routing from said system control processing function means, and reporting the display of a counted value of a discarded cell to said system control processing function means;

data buffer control logic means for storing, in a buffer, said processor data from said buffer select signal generated from said address decoder, and informing scheduling control means of said ATM layer receiving cell processing means through a cell interrupt signal that a signal and maintenance cell arrives; and

instruction buffer control logic means for temporarily storing connection information by a connection control instruction from said system control processing function means in an instruction buffer in which connection control data, a connection table driving instruction code and a mapping value are stored, and controlling said instruction buffer so as to be recorded in said connection table by the control of said ATM layer transmitting cell processing means.

7. An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) layer function processing apparatus with an enlarged structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein said ATM layer transmitting cell processing means comprises:

connection table and control means for receiving an instruction select signal and an instruction code from an instruction buffer of said processor interface means, receiving retrieval data and a connection table control signal, and generating a conversion value, a mapping value and an output port identifier by driving a connection table;

header information connecting means for extracting a virtual path identifier/virtual channel identifier (VPI/VCI) within a cell header from effective arrival cell data generated from said function mode processing means, transmitting the extracted VPI/VCI to said connection table and control means, and generating cell information so as to construct a new header according to said mapping value generated from said connection table and control means or supplying an interrupt signal to said processor interface means while discarding an incoming cell and increasing the number of discarded cells by 1;

header conversion processing means for storing a payload of an ATM layer, reconstructing a header from said conversion value and said output port identifier generated from said connection table and control means to header-convert said cell information generated from said header information connecting means, interpreting said output port identifier generated from said connection table and control means to determine an output port, and generating a routing control signal and cell information including the converted header; and

output resource processing means for receiving the output of said header conversion processing means, and transmitting cell data in synchronization with said cell transmissible signal, said cell start signal and said byte clock to a corresponding physical layer function processor.