摘要 |
A communication LSI comprises a reception frame disassembling section 1 for receiving data from a network, a reception cell processing section 2 for processing a payload portion of the data disassembled in the reception frame disassembling section and outputting a result thereof to an ATM layer, a reception overhead memory 3 for storing an overhead portion of the data disassembled in the reception frame disassembling section, a receiving processor 4 for executing processes in the overhead portion by inputting desired data stored in the reception overhead memory when data is received, a status register 5 for storing a result processed in the receiving processor, a transmitting processor 6 for executing processes in the overhead portion by inputting the result stored in the status register when data is transmitted, a transmission overhead memory 7 for storing an output of the transmitting processor, a transmission cell processing section 8 for receiving data from an ATM layer, and a transmission frame assembling section 9 for assembling an output of the transmission cell processing section and an output of said transmission overhead memory in a frame and transmitting the frame to a network. <IMAGE> |