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Exchange apparatus and method of the same

  • US 6,118,783 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1997
  • Issued: 09/12/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/03/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An exchange apparatus for exchanging a plurality of packets, each of said plurality of packets having a header region including address data, based on a predetermined exchange system, comprising:

  • a plurality of input ports into which said plurality of packets are input, said plurality of input ports adding to said header region of each of said plurality of packets an input port identifier indicating a specific one of said plurality of input ports into which a corresponding one of said plurality of packets was input;

    translating means connected to said plurality of input ports for translating said address data included in said header region of said plurality of packets based on a table stored in a single memory, said table including a relation between a set of said input port identifier and said address data and a set of said address data and an output port identifier identifying one of a plurality of output ports; and

    packet exchanging means connected to said translating means for exchanging said plurality of packets and for outputting said plurality of packets from said one of said plurality of output ports to which was routed said plurality of packets based on said output port identifier translated by said translating means,wherein said address data includes a virtual path identifier and a virtual channel identifier and said output port identifier includes a new virtual path identifier and a new virtual channel identifier.

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