Patent ID: 7177281
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for removal of ATM cells from an ATM communications device, comprising: providing a plurality of ATM cells, a plurality of which are in each case assigned to a common frame and which are stored in connection-specific queues; providing a first algorithm by means of which, with the exception of the last ATM cell in a frame, all newly arriving cells in the frame are removed; providing a second algorithm by means of which all from a first cell to a last cell, are removed upon arrival in a queue from the ATM communications device; at a start of a transmission process, initiating the first algorithm, wherein a user indicates a maximum number of ATM cells per frame, and the ATM cells are transmitted using said maximum number; and after the first algorithm is executed, initiating the second algorithm when a first cell of the next frame is received and, when said maximum number is exceeded, discarding the associated frame.