Patent ID: 6226264
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
An ATM cell multiplexer comprising:plural CLAD units connected in parallel on an ATM bus so that ATM cells are assembled and disassembled between terminal equipments and an ATM switchboard, andan ATM bus scheduler for an ATM bus control connected to the CLAD units through the ATM bus,the ATM bus scheduler allocating a transmission right for each CLAD unit in accordance with a preset schedule table based on at least one of predetermined service categories and a traffic control corresponding to a traffic quantity for cell transmission in the up direction from the terminal equipments to the ATM switchboard, and broadcasting the cells to all of the CLAD units which decide whether or not the cells are addressed to the CLAD units for cell reception, in the down direction from the ATM switchboard to the terminal equipments.