MEMORY-BASED CIRCULAR QUEUE WITH LOCAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION TO IMPLEMENT A STORAGE AREA FOR FILTERING MPEG-2 PACKETS THAT ARE DISTRIBUTED AND/OR PROCESSED UNDER THE CONTROL OF A HOST MICROPROCESSOR BY A DIRECT MEMORY ACCESS MECHANISM

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