Patent ID: 6757287
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for a data transmission between a first ATM device and a second ATM device via an ATM interface device, wherein said first ATM device comprises a data-transmitting ATM transmission module and said second ATM device comprises a data-receiving ATM reception module, comprising the steps of:communicating, by a control module of said ATM interface device, a first receiver status information for signaling free memory capacity of a memory of said ATM interface device to said ATM transmission module; activating a first memory control input of said memory by said ATM transmission module and outputting said data to be communicated by said ATM transmission module onto a first data bus connecting said ATM transmission module to said memory; intermediately storing data received via said first data bus by said memory as long as said first memory control input is activated; communicating by said control module, to said ATM reception module, a sender status information for signaling a presence of data to be communicated from said memory to said ATM reception module; activating by said control module, a second memory control input of said memory when said ATM reception module is ready to receive and when data to be communicated to said ATM reception module are intermediately stored in said memory, a second memory control input of the memory is activated by the control module; outputting by said memory said intermediately stored data onto a second data bus that connects said memory to said ATM reception module, as long as said second memory control input is activated.