Patent ID: 6356552
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method by which sets of values representing various parameters can be allocated to addresses, and at the addresses, data pertaining to the sets of values can be stored in memory, which comprises:forming allocated addresses from address components formed by concatenation of individual values of a value set, and at least one of a scope of the address components and an order of the address components in the concatenation can be varied individually in dependence on configuration parameters that have an influence on ranges of values of the various parameters. forming the value set form values including a virtual path identifier (VPI) value, a virtual channel identifier (VCI) value, and a physical port (PN) value, the VPI value and the VCI value designating an intended location of an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cell, and the PN value designating a site or origin of the ATM cell.