ATM communication apparatus and failure detection and notification circuit

摘要

In an ATM communication apparatus, the same failure detection process is conducted for the detection of a failure state of a VP when a transmission line of the apparatus fails and the detection of the failure state of the VP when a VP-AIS cell generated by another apparatus is received. When an AIS cell generation unit receives a channel failure signal generated by a line terminator, it generates an AIS cell and inserts it in a receiving cell stream. A circuit provided at downstream of the cell stream copies or extracts the AIS cells, determines the failure state, generates a FERF cell in accordance with the determination, and inserts it in a sending cell stream.