Methods and apparatus for arbitrary concatenation in a switch
US7016357B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 21, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S370/907
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Switch frames are arbitrarily concatenated to allow for any available time slots to be used for carrying concatenated switch frames. Methods and apparatus transport switch frames in available time slots, and keep track of which time slots correspond to a group of concatenated switch frames. The switch frames are transported through the switch and synchronized on the outgoing side of the switch so that arbitrarily concatenated switch frames are synchronized with each other.
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