| 摘要 |
A communication network traffic control element is disclosed which is arranged to receive traffic, such as voice and data, as a plurality of discrete traffic packets at an input and communicate the traffic as a serial traffic stream to an output. The traffic control element comprises a receiver which is arranged to receive the traffic packets, and a processor which is arranged to communicate the serial traffic stream to the output. The processor comprises a buffer which is arranged receive traffic from the receiver and to control a rate of traffic flow from the receiver to the processor to enable a rate of traffic output from the processor to be varied independently of a rate of traffic flow input to the receiver.
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