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Switching arrangement and method with separated output buffers

US7848341B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Alan F. Benner · Poughkeepsie, US
Antonius Engbersen · Armonk, US
Gottfried Goldrian · Eppelheim, DE
Ronald P. Luijten · Horgen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 25, 2002
Grant date	Dec 7, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 6, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/5681
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Discloses a switching arrangement for packets of data, with several input ports and several output ports and which is determined for the transportation of incoming packets to one or more designated of the output ports and from there to a subsequent device. More particularly it relates to a switching arrangement and method wherein for each input port a set of output buffers is arranged, each set comprising an output buffer for each output port.

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