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Packet switching

US7864757B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 2003
Grant dateJan 4, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5605
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A packet switch having plural input sectors and output sectors, each input sector being arranged to hold at least one queue per output sector, each output sector having plural output ports and being arranged to hold at least one queue per output port wherein the input sectors are connected to the output sectors via links configured to afford speed-up of data transfer, wherein the links comprise a set of links, and wherein the switch has means for cyclically connecting different subsets of the set of links between the input sectors and the output sectors, and means responsive to statistical variations in traffic applied to input ports of said input sectors to vary the set of links.

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