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Abstract

The disclosed data switching apparatus comprises an input control unit which separates a header from communication data contained in logical channel data, as associative memory which compares the header with incoming logical channel numbers previously registered and which outputs an address control signal associated with an address where any of the incoming logical channel numbers coincident with the header are stored, a temporary storage circuit for outputting, based on the address control circuit, an outgoing logical channel number previously registered and associated with the coincident incoming logical channel number, a communication data buffer for temporarily storing the communication data, and an ouput control unit for combining the outgoing logical channel number from the temporary circuit and the communication data from the communication data buffer and delivering the combination to the outgoing communication channel.

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First Claim