Patent ID: 6104713
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A router device for transferring ATM cells received from an ATM network, comprising:network interfaces connected with networks including at least one ATM network, each network interface connected with said at least one ATM network including reception means for receiving first ATM cells from said at least one ATM network and assembling a first AAL frame from the first ATM cells, and transmission means for forming second ATM cells from a second AAL frame and transmitting the second ATM cells to said at least one ATM network;a memory for storing each virtual connection identifier and a corresponding transfer target network interface;connection identifier analysis means for determining a transfer target network interface for the AAL frame assembled from the first ATM cells entered from a virtual connection, by referring to the memory according to a virtual connection identifier of the virtual connection; andtransfer means for transferring the first AAL frame to the transfer target network interface determined by the connection identifier analysis means.