Also, results of the hardware validation test are sent to the management processor by the system processor.

The traffic management unit (10) comprises a traffic management processor (42) coupled between a data processor (38) and an ATM interface (46) and to a traffic management memory (44).

The system also includes a supervisory processor (58) that is connected to both the container state processor and the modem.

Preprocessor (220) might maintain a set or roles and rules, or obtain them from admin processor (230).

The terminal also includes a control processor with a program memory.

A management processor (32) shown in Fig. 2 is contained in a main processor and allocates a plurality of tasks.

The catalog management processor creates a catalog of UPC's for each of a participating retailer.

The integrated circuit can include a digital processor circuit coupled to the regulator circuit and a power management processor circuit.

If the operating state signals generated by the container state processor (46) indicate that it is malfunctioning, the supervisory processor (58) attempts to correct for this malfunction.

The management processor updates an information repository to include the received information.

The management processor obtains information about available resources of PCIe network.

In one example, a hardware validation test is invoked by a management processor.

In addition, a request is sent to perform the hardware validation test on the hardware devices to a system processor by the management processor.

The plurality of processor modules include a software management processor that is coupled to the NVS.

The control processor receives user inputs and controls operations of the terminal and sending and receiving of control signals over the two-way control signaling channel.