Patent ID: 6128654
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
An arrangement for transmitting sets of data, comprising:a memory configured to store sets of data, each set of data having an assigned data identifier and being separately retrievable from the memory, said data identifier being assigned prior to storing each set of data in the memory;a transmit vector generator that determines the number of copies of a set of data that are to be transmitted and replicates the data identifier for that set of data, one replicated data identifier for each copy to be transmitted of a single set of data;at least one output queue configured to queue the data identifiers received from the transmit vector manager; andat least one transmit port that examines a data identifier that exits the output queue and accesses the set of data from the memory identified by the data identifier and transmits a copy of the accessed set of data.