ATM switch capable of routing IP packet
First Claim
1. An ATM switch comprising:
- an ATM switch unit;
a switch control unit for controlling said ATM switch unit;
one or more circuit accommodation units for receiving IP packets which have been segmented into ATM cells from one or more external ATM networks, respectively, and for transferring said ATM cells to said switch unit; and
an IP routing process unit for routing IP packets as segmented into their component ATM cells, without requiring reassembly of the segmented IP packets from their respective component ATM cells;
wherein said IP routing process unit comprises;
a cell storage unit having a plurality of memories, each of said plurality of memories having a capacity for storing a plurality of ATM cells;
a distributing means for distributing said ATM cells received from said ATM switch unit to said plurality of memories while grouping said ATM cells in each of said plurality of memories in accordance with an IP packet to which each of said ATM cells belongs;
a sending means for sending all the ATM cells belonging to an identical IP packet when said all the ATM cells belonging to said identical IP packet have been stored in a respective one of said plurality of memories; and
a means for converting a VPI/VCI (Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Channel Identifier) of each of said all the ATM cells belonging to said identical IP packet.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an ATM switch which comprises: an ATM switch unit; a switch control unit for controlling the ATM switch unit; one or more circuit accommodation units for connecting the switch with one or more external ATM networks, respectively, and an IP routing process unit for routing IP packets in a form of ATM cells. In the ATM switch, the IP routing process unit may comprise: a cell storage unit having a plurality of memories; a distributing means for distributing the ATM cells received from the ATM switch unit to the plurality of memories while grouping the ATM cells into each of the plurality of memories in accordance with an IP packet to which each of the ATM cells belongs; sending means for sending all the ATM cells belonging to an identical IP packet when the all the ATM cells belonging to the identical IP packet have been stored in respective one of the plurality of memories; and means for converting VPI/VCI (Virtual Path Identifier/ Virtual Channel Identifier) of the all the ATM cells belonging to the identical IP packet.
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8 Claims
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1. An ATM switch comprising:
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an ATM switch unit; a switch control unit for controlling said ATM switch unit; one or more circuit accommodation units for receiving IP packets which have been segmented into ATM cells from one or more external ATM networks, respectively, and for transferring said ATM cells to said switch unit; and an IP routing process unit for routing IP packets as segmented into their component ATM cells, without requiring reassembly of the segmented IP packets from their respective component ATM cells; wherein said IP routing process unit comprises; a cell storage unit having a plurality of memories, each of said plurality of memories having a capacity for storing a plurality of ATM cells; a distributing means for distributing said ATM cells received from said ATM switch unit to said plurality of memories while grouping said ATM cells in each of said plurality of memories in accordance with an IP packet to which each of said ATM cells belongs; a sending means for sending all the ATM cells belonging to an identical IP packet when said all the ATM cells belonging to said identical IP packet have been stored in a respective one of said plurality of memories; and a means for converting a VPI/VCI (Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Channel Identifier) of each of said all the ATM cells belonging to said identical IP packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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