ATM switch and method for switching path by ATM switch
US5878025A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 4, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 2, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/5672
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A plurality of switching modules arrayed in a plurality of columns and in at least one row switch over paths in accordance with path data contained in cells to transfer inputted data to a target line on the cell-unit. One or more path switching units are provided between two adjacent columns of switching modules among plural columns of switching modules and switch paths between the respective switching modules, disposed in a side-by-side relationship in a row direction, of one column of switching modules of the two adjacent columns of switching modules and the respective switching modules, disposed in the side-by-side relationship in the row direction, of the other column of the two adjacent columns of switching modules.
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