Construction of hierarchical networks through extension
US5519694A · kind A · utility
167Cited by
8References
25Claims
0Family size
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 21, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q3/68
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A switching network incorporates expander graphs such as multibutterflies but avoids the wiring complications resulting from the randomness of such graphs. The network includes metanodes, each having plural routers. Channels of multiple interconnections are connected between the metanodes according to an upper level expander graph. Interconnections within the channels are randomly connected. Interconnections on the channels may be time multiplexed and they may be dynamically assigned to routers within a metanode.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.