Patent · US Active

System architecture for a scalable and distributed multi-stage switch fabric

US8804710B2 · kind B2 · utility

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31References

17Claims

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Assignee

Juniper Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Gunes Aybay · Los Altos, US
Jaya Bandyopadhyay · San Jose, US
Jean-Marc Frailong · Los Altos Hills, US
Pradeep Sindhu · Los Altos Hills, US
Philip A. Thomas · San Jose, US
Anjan Venkatramani · Los Altos, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 29, 2008
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 4, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/1515
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a first housing, a second housing and at least one cable. The first housing includes a first interface card of a switch fabric. The second housing includes a second interface card of the switch fabric and a third interface card of the switch fabric. The second interface card of the switch fabric is operatively and physically coupled to the third interface card of the switch fabric via a midplane. The second interface card defines a plane that is nonparallel to the a plane defined by the third interface card and a plane defined by the midplane. The plane defined by the third interface card is nonparallel to the plane defined by the second interface card and the plane defined by the midplane. The cable is configured to operatively couple the first interface card to the second interface card.

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