Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Through a circuit switch
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Nguyen, Brian (Department: 2661)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Through a circuit switch
C370S387000, C370S388000, C370S411000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07016345
ABSTRACT:
Broadband switching including the implementation of and control over a massive sub-microsecond switching fabric. To effect the attributes of the switching fabric, conditionally nonblocking components are used a building-blocks in an interconnection network which is recursively constructed. The properties of the interconnection network are preserved during each recursion to thereby configure the massive switching fabric from scalable circuitry.
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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld & LLP
Industrial Technology Research Institute
Nguyen Brian
Phan Tri H.
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