Apparatus and method for limiting data bursts in atm switch utilizing shared bus
CA 2361655 C · Owner: Roy, Subhash C. · Inventors: Roy, Subhash C.; Parrella, Eugene L.
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An ATM switch system including input and output ports with associated buffers (12a, 14c, 16a, 12b, 14b, 16b), source traffic control system including shared bus coupling the ports, and arbiter controlling the transfer of data. The arbiter monitors the internal destination addresses of the ATM cells and , increments a counter (32a, 32b) associated with the destination port when the destination corresponds, and decrements other counters which do not correspond to the destination. Bursts for a particular output port cause the count of the associated counter to grow large; whereas long breaks cause the count to drop. The counts are compared to a high threshold (125) which alerts arbiter …
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