Packet switching
US7864757B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 16, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jan 4, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 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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