| 摘要 |
<p>The invention relates to an ATM local area network with a plurality of stations (10) which are in each case switched via a network interface (9) containing at least one switching device (11), with transmission and reception loop connections (16, 19), and which are provided for the transmission of cells. The switching device (11) is provided for the forwarding of a user cell containing user-related information from a reception loop connection (16) to the transmission loop connection (19) and/or to the station (10) or from a station (10) to the transmission loop connection (19), depending on status information. Furthermore, the switching device serves to forward a control cell, which serves at least to record switching functions, from a reception loop connection (16) to the transmission loop connection (19) and/or to a control arrangement (24) controlling the switching device (11) and/or to the station (10) or from the control arrangement (24) to the transmission loop connection (19) and/or to the station (10) or from the station (10) to the transmission loop connection (19) and/or to the control arrangement (24). <IMAGE></p> |
