Packet switching system having-having self-routing switches
US6618372B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Sep 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/13399
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In a packet switching system-made up of a single or a plurality of switching nodes or local units each including a label conversion unit for accommodating a plurality of packet circuits and performing conversion into output port information of a switch on the basis of a logic channel on a packet circuit, a self-routing switch for performing switching on the basis of the output port information, and a control unit for terminating a control packet and performing the call processing function, and a switching node or tandem unit including a single or a plurality of self-routing switches for interconnecting the local units, there are provided a device for setting, between the tandem unit and a destination-side local unit, the same logic channel as that between an originating, side local unit operative for information transfer and the tandem unit in respect of a call destined for a local unit other than this local unit and a device, operable in the originating-side local unit for information transfer, for inserting output port information of the self-routing switch inside the tandem unit into a packet destined for the local unit other than this local unit, whereby in the tandem unit, set…
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