| 摘要 |
Apparatus for interfacing a computer station (20) with a communication network (10) receives from time to time a packet with data from the network and stores the data therefrom in a station memory at a location assigned by the station and identified by an address. An address queue means for storing a plurality of addresses ordered by age in said address queue means is provided. An address queue storing means receives from the station an address designating a location in the station memory where data from a packet to be received is to be stored, and stores the address when received in said address queue means, said address queue operating to present successive addresses with an interval shorter than the time required by the computer station to supply a new address. Data entry means enter data from a packet on arrival thereof in the station memory at a location identified by the oldest address in said address queue means and, when the packet data has been validly stored, cancels said oldest address from said address queue mans. The interfacing apparatus enters data from packets into said station memory at preassigned locations during periods wherein data packets are received from the network at a rate exceeding the maximum rate at which the station is capable of assigning addresses.
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