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N/2 slot switch module

US7242578B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 20, 2003
Grant dateJul 10, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2201/12
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A bladed architecture, backplane-based network (100) having N payload slots (108) includes an N/2 slot switch module (102), wherein the N/2 slot switch module is reconfigurable to one of a left-hand slot switch configuration (603) and a right-hand slot switch configuration (605), and wherein the N/2 slot switch module is coupled to N/2 of the N payload slots such that the bladed architecture, backplane-based network is in a sub-optimal configuration (601).

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