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Network element with multistage lower order switching matrix

US8018927B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Hans-Jörg Jäkel · Stuttgart, DE
Hartmut Borschel · Stuttgart, DE
Werner Beisel · Ludwigsburg, DE
Pierre A. Humblet · Cambridge, US
Brian William Schoenherr · Andover, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 17, 2005
Grant date	Sep 13, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 4, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/50
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network element for a transport network contains a multistage lower order switching matrix with at least an input matrix stage and an output matrix stage designed to switch lower order multiplex units and with a center stage capable of switching higher order multiplex units, only, thereby connecting the input and output stages.

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