Scalable high capacity switch architecture method, apparatus and system
US6781986B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 25, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 24, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 25, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/3009
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, apparatus and system for a scalable high capacity switch architecture involves a switching controller for use with a plurality of switching controllers in a switching system. Each switching controller has provisions for receiving a data packet, provisions for determining a destination of the data packet, provisions for determining whether any other switching controller in the system intends to transmit to the determined destination of the data packet and provisions for transmitting the received data packet to the determined destination when no other switching controllers intend to transmit to the determined destination.
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