Patent ID: 6243395
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H04L,H04N,H04Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of transferring Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM data via a data bus compatible with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers 1394 IEEE 1394 standard, comprising the steps of:synchronizing a clock of said data bus with a clock of an ATM network associated with said ATM data;adding a Common Isochronous Packet CIP header to an ATM cell of the ATM data;adding an isochronous packet header compatible with the IEEE 1394 standard, a 1394 isochronous packet header, to the combination of the CIP header and ATM cell to generate a combined 1394 isochronous packet header CIP header and ATM cell; andtransferring the combined 1394 isochronous packet header, CIP header and ATM cell via said data bus.