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Digital communication networks employing speed independent switches

US4307446A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 2, 1979
Grant dateDec 22, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 2, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An assemblage of digital devices, each having serial asynchronous input and output channels, can be connected via networks of speed independent arbiter and selector switches. Certain classes of networks have desirable properties: distributed control of routing, conflict resolution, automatic identification of source network address with respect to destination, and exploitation of permissable concurrent operations.

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