Increasing probability multi-stage network
US6226683A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 1, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 1, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 1, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/1334
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed is is a switch-based network interconnection which uses intelligent switching apparatus devices for improving the performance and connection establishing capability of multi-stage switching networks. The invention method is particularly effective In asynchronous circuit-switched networks. The most important feature of the invention methodology is the an increasing probability for the success of making a connection through all the stages of a multi-satge network. As a connection progresses through a multi-stage network, it must win successive stages of the network, one at a time, until it has made its way from on side of the network to the other and established the commanded source-to-destination connection. The uniqueness in the present invention is that as the connection at each stage of the network is established, looking forward to the next stage, the probability will be greater of establishing the next connection without encountering blocking than it was for the present stage. This presents an ever increasing probability for establishing a successful connection as a path works its way through the network. This is opposite of most traditional networks, whose probabilti…
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