Method and apparatus for event detection in a switching system
US6741558B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 25, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 30, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/324
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An event detector for detecting a plurality of different possible asynchronous events from any of a plurality of source addresses and nodes, debouncing the events and, once a valid event has been identified and confirmed, formatting and transmitting a message via a message transport system to a predetermined destination address for further appropriate action. According to the preferred embodiment, each event is time-stamped so that latency in the message transport system does not affect time-critical events. Thus, the transmitted message identifies the source address, source node, an event number for identifying the event, and a time-stamp associated with the event.
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