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System and process for high-availability, direct, flexible and scalable switching of data packets in broadband networks

US6826195B1 · kind B1 · utility

44Cited by

30References

30Claims

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Assignee

Bigband Networks BAS, Inc. · US

Inventors

Paul E. Nikolich · Lynnfield, US
Kumar Chinnaswamy · Milford, US
Paul Dormitzer · Acton, US
Willem Engelse · Schiedam, NL
Walter G. Mahla · Wrentham, US
Howard Ngai · Upton, US
David R. Paolino · North Andover, US
Kirk B. Pearce · Concord, US
Jyotirmoy Sarkar · Indianapolis, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 28, 1999
Grant date	Nov 30, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 28, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q11/0478
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and process for directly and flexibly switching connections of data packet flows between nodes of a broadband data processing system network. The system acts as a single IP switch.

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