METHOD FOR FORWARDING A SIGNAL-CELL FLOW ALONG A MULTIPLICITY OF PARALLEL JUNCTION LINES WHILE MAINTAINING THE CELL SEQUENCE

摘要

In the method proposed, a flow of signal cells being transferred through virtual junctions in an asynchronous-transfer mode is forwarded along a multiplicity of parallel junction lines. Successive cells are distributed on to the junction lines cyclically with a fixed time offset. On reception of the cells, the junction lines are interrogated cyclically in the same sequence with a time offset which is shorter than that with which successive cells are distributed on to the junction lines.