Fast router and hardware-assisted fast routing method
US7342414B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 31, 2003 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 7, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/50
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fast router and a fast hardware-assisted routing method are disclosed in a network having endpoints, switches and interconnect links. The switches are programmable to allow endpoints to be connected through a particular configuration of switches. The switches also comprise: propagation circuitry which allows a search signal to be propagated through the network; allocation circuitry to set the configuration of switches once a path has been found; and deallocation circuitry to clear a configuration of switches once no path has been found.
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