Message ring in a switching network
US7203203B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 5, 2001 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 18, 2024 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/6437
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is disclosed a switching network for efficiently receiving and transmitting data packets having both frames and messages. The switching network includes a crossbar switch with a plurality of surrounding ports for exclusively switching frames which normally consist of large data streams of 40 to 60 bytes. Then the ports are connected together in a message ring and small data entity messages, for example 4, 8, or 12 bytes, are switched from an input port to an output port around the ring avoiding congestion of the crossbar switch.
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