Switchless network
US6154449A · kind A · utility
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4References
28Claims
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 28, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q3/0016
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A network shelf is disclosed for connecting a number of devices together. The shelf includes a backplane having multiple device slots. It also includes multiple links connected to each device slot. Each of the device slots is normally connected to at least one of the other device slots through at least one of the links. The limit on the number of devices being connected together in a full mesh configuration is one more than the number of links on a given device slot.
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