System and method for bridging universal serial bus and asynchronous transfer mode communication links

摘要

A modem operable to facilitate communication between a host and a communications link includes a memory operable to store a rate control algorithm. The modem further comprises a controller operable to receive from the universal serial bus a first USB segment comprising a first plurality of ATM cells and rate control information associated with the first plurality of ATM cells, to store the first plurality of ATM cells in the memory, to perform the rate control algorithm on the first plurality of ATM cells using the rate control information received in the first USB segment, and to transmit each of the plurality of ATM cells at a particular transmission rate according to the results of the rate control algorithm.