Patent ID: 6229808
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of communication between a network and a computer which includes a plurality of components, a network interface, and an internal packet switch bank for communicating therebetween, said method comprising the steps of:(a) receiving a network packet from the network into said network interface;(b) producing a local packet at said network interface, said local packet including a data portion of said network packet and a local header portion; and(c) communicating said local packet from said network interface to said internal packet switch bank,wherein said local packet is of a predetermined size and includes a predetermined size header portion and a predetermined size data payload portion, wherein a predetermined size of said predetermined size data payload portion corresponds to a predetermined size of a data payload portion of an ATM cell, andwherein a predetermined size of said predetermined size header portion is less than a predetermined size of a header portion of an ATM cell.