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Frame switching device

US8503439B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 3, 2008
Grant dateAug 6, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 3, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L49/552
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A frame switching device for an AFDX network, the device including a first port, configured to be connected to a frame switch of the network or else to a terminal, for example a computer, and a plurality of second ports configured to be respectively connected to on-board pieces of equipment. Each frame incident on the first port is replicated on each of the second ports. The second ports are periodically polled in turn, each frame present on a second polled port being transferred onto the first port.

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