Cell Relay Archive

[murray@pa.dec.com (Hal Murray)]

In article <6dk0c9$e2a$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, albert.e.manfredi@boeing.com writes:

> Are you assuming that the entire cell is buffered into the switch _before_
> the first byte is allowed out the other side? Maybe that's the problem. Only
> the cell header needs to be checked.

Yes, it is possible/reasonable is theory to start sending a cell
through a switch and even out the other side before the tail of
the cell has arrived.  Often it is a lot easier/cheaper to wait
for the whole cell to arrive.  Implementation details.

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