Router and switch architecture
US9363173B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 26, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 7, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/3009
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet switching system for a packet transfer network, the system having an architecture including a plurality of line cards, each including an ingress path pipeline, with processing elements, and an egress buffer, and an electro-optical In/Out (IO) interconnect coupling the line cards to one another in a full mesh connectivity, in the absence of a switch fabric, wherein the ingress path pipeline of each line card is coupled by means of the electro-optical IO interconnect to the egress buffer of each of the plurality of line cards.
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