摘要:
The system performs an optimized number of simultaneous transfers of data packets between pairs of units comprising an origin unit and a target unit selected among N data processing units (8). Each data processing unit comprises a set of outbound queues with one outbound queue associated with each one of the data processing units to which it may send data packets, for storing the data packets to be sent by the data processing unit to the data processing unit associated with said one outbound queue. The transfers are performed during a time burst Ti+1 by data switch 6 under control of switching control signals sent to data switch by the units on lines 16-1 to 16-N in response to control out signals generated by scheduler 4 during previous burst time Ti. The scheduler runs a selection algorithm which gives each unit an equal probability to be selected as origin unit in a given period.
摘要:
A device for interconnecting source users and destination users includes a common bus to which a memory with a plurality of independent buffers, a memory interface (22) and a central control apparatus (26) are connected. The memory interface (22) receives messages from source users, stores the messages in selected buffers and chains the buffers together. The central control apparatus generates inbound message queues and outbound message queues in response to commands which it receives from the memory interface.
摘要:
An Active Remote Module (ARM) attaches end user devices to any port of a multiport communications processing unit. The ARM includes circuit arrangements which receive serial streams of data and clock information which are arranged into data slots, control slots and outband slot carrying characteristic information, including ARM address, ARM type, end user data rate, etc., about the ARM and the end user devices. By issuing selective commands, a line adapter in the multiport communications processing unit is made aware of the user devices connected to its port and structure the data to meet the requirement of the attached end user devices.
摘要:
The invention relates to a mechanism to be used in an integrated packet/circuit switched telecommunication network. It allows instantaneously on a per slot basis, the re-allocation of unused bandwidth left by a circuit user source to the background packet flow, and allows giving it back to the circuit source as it resumes its activity. The circuit user data Cd are sent through the network during slots of frames which are assigned to the circuit users on a per- call basis. Interfacing means (30, 32) are provided to generate slot qualifying bits Caq which are set to a first value when the corresponding circuit users are active and to a second value when the corresponding cirucit users are inactive. These qualifying bits are transported through the network in correspondence with the slot they qualify and sensed to cause the slots having a Caq set to the second value to be filled with packet bits.
摘要:
A line scanning device which operates under the control of a microprocessor connected to a control memory in which a memory location area is assigned to each line is provided for a line adapter in a communication controller for receiving or sending message bits in series from or to terminals connected to the lines using any protocols. It comprises a first store which includes a first and a second memories, an area being assigned to each line in each of the memories which can be read and written in the same time and a second store which includes a single memory in which a storage location area is assigned to each line. These stores are addressed by a control and address unit which includes first and second address counters under the control of an elementary time counter, the first counter outputting the address information relating to the first store during time t provided for scanning a line, and the second counter outputting the address information relative to the second store during time nt, n being at least equal to 4, and control circuitry receiving said address information and the elementary time information for providing at the outputs of the control and address unit, memory address and read/write control information at times selected during the scanning period and sequentially, the addresses of the present lines which are scanned.
摘要:
A method and structure are disclosed for dispatching appropriate data to a network processing system comprising an improved technique for extracting protocol header fields for use by the network processor. This technique includes basic classification of a packet according to the types of protocol headers present in the packet. Based on the results of the classification, specific parameter fields are extracted from corresponding headers. All such parameter fields from one or more protocol headers in the packet are concatenated into a compressed dispatch message. Multiples of such dispatch messages are bundled into a single composite dispatch message. Thus, selected header fields from N packets are passed to the network processor in a single composite dispatch message, increasing the network processor's packet forwarding capacity by a factor of N. Likewise, multiple enqueue messages are bundled into a single composite enqueue message to direct enqueue and frame alterations to be taken on the bundle of N packets.
摘要:
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing multiple configurable sub-busses of a point-to-point bus. Each of a plurality of bus interconnects include a transmit interface and a receive interface connected to the point-to-point bus. Each transmit interface includes a transmit buffer and a serializer coupled between the buffer and the point-to-point bus. The transmit buffer provides an asynchronous interface between a transmit source and the serializer. The serializer receives data and control signals from the transmit buffer at a first frequency and transmits data and control signals over the point-to-point bus at a higher second frequency. Transmit steering logic is coupled between the transmit source and each transmit buffer of the plurality of bus interconnects. Transmit steering logic directs data and control signals from transmit source to each selected one of the transmit buffers based upon a selected bus configuration.
摘要:
Apparatus for recovering lost buffer contents in a data processing system uses a memory divided into a plurality of buffers provided with buffer control blocks, through which source and destination users exchange information. A buffer management circuit is responsive to requests from users for allocating buffers to source users in order that source users may store the information to be sent to the destination users. This circuit builds buffer queues and dequeues buffers from the queues to send the information contained therein to the destination users and releases the buffers afterwards. A time mark register is settable to n different values in a predetermined order. The value of the time mark register is changed at the expiration of a time period P. Each time a buffer is allocated to one user, the current value of the time mark register is written into a time mark field of the buffer control block and a state field is set to a first value (leased). When the buffer is released, the state field is set to a second value (released). The contents of the buffer control blocks are read at regular time intervals t after period P, and the state field of every buffer control block is tested to determine whether it is set to the second value. If not so set, the time mark field is compared with the value the time mark register had at the time t-xP, where x is a number such as 1
摘要:
In a packet switched communications system an incoming real-time packet is imbedded after the next block of data of the non-real-time packet being transmitted. This object is accomplished by transmitting each packet along with at least a 1-byte trailer which is used to indicate the packet type, whether the current block of non real time data is preempted or whether the current block of non real time data is resumed.
摘要:
The synchronization circuit resynchronizes the data bits received from remote devices on line or link (20-1) with their own clock CS and frame synchronization signal FS with a central clock CO and central frame synchronization signal FO. The received bits are sequentially arranged in an n-bit cyclic buffer (114-1) with the received bit clock CS. The arranged bits are sequentially picked at the opposite buffer position with the central clock CO. The buffer loading position is provided by binary counter 102 incremented by CS and the buffer picking portion is given by binary counter 100 incremented by CO. At initialization counters 102 and 100 are set to 0 and n/2. The resynchronized data bits on line 21-1 and the resynchronized frame signal FSR on line 61-10 are provided to an additional circuit which synchronize the data bits at the frame level.