Patent · US Expired

Conditionally nonblocking switch of the expander type

US7016345B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 15, 2001
Grant dateMar 21, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 18, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/00
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is recursively constructed. The properties of the interconnection network are preserved during each recursion to thereby configure the massive switching fabric from scalable circuitry.

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