Resequencing system.

摘要

A resequencing system is used for resequencing the cells of a cell stream having different input and output peak cell rates and which is conveyed through the series connection of : an input circuit (IM1) controlled by a first time stamp generator (TSG1) and allocating to each cell of the cell stream an adapted time stamp value equal to the sum of a time stamp value then generated by the first time stamp generator (TSG1) and a variable virtual delay, and such that consecutive adapted time stamp values allocated to immediately consecutive cells differ by a time delay equal to at least the inverse of the output peak cell rate; a cell switching network (SN); and a resequencing unit (RSU1) associated to a second time stamp generator (TSG2) generating successive second time stamp values at a rate at least equal to the output peak cell rate, and resequencing the cells by subjecting them to an additional variable time delay which is such that the total delay of the cells is equal to the sum of the virtual delay allocated thereto and a predetermined constant value.