26-09-1995 дата публикации
Номер: US0005453980A1
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Alcatel N.V.
A communication network (VCN) offering an ETHERNET service to a plurality of local terminals (ELT1, ELTN, TLT1, TLTN1-8), typically computers, is proposed. Flexibility and cost are enhanced with respect to existing ETHERNET networks by emulating an ETHERNET network towards the local terminals while pooling complex functions in a computer network server (LANS) connected to the backbone ATM network (BB). This is achieved by coupling the local terminals, preferably separately, to standard ETHERNET links (ELN, TL1, TLN1-8) and by terminating these links in interface modules (EIM1, EIMN, TIM1, TIMN) converting the ETHERNET frames from the local terminals in ATM packets destined for the central server which stores these packets in an input buffer (IB1-X) and performs the above complex functions, particularly also the transmission of these packets to appropriate ones of the interface modules. Buffer overflow is avoided by transmitting backpressure signals (BP1-X) to the interface modules so as ...
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