Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Switching a message which includes an address header
Patent
1996-10-07
2000-04-18
Horabik, Michael
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Switching a message which includes an address header
370397, 370387, 370414, 370390, H04L 1228, H04L 1256
Patent
active
060523735
ABSTRACT:
A fault tolerant multicast ATM switch fabric is constructed as a multistage interconnection network through which cells move from input to output along a pre-established data path. The control phase proceeds concurrently with the data phase by which cells move continuously without idle clock cycles in between. The control logic resolves the state of the switching elements and sends this state information to the data path logic ahead of the cell transfer. The switch consists of three IC designs: control, data path, and switch port controller ICs. The successful realization of the switch relies critically on the design of the control IC which incorporates a new combinatorial hardware design running a dedicated algorithm. A switch port controller delegates, based on local decisions, the replication and routing of multicast cells to a selected group of switch port controllers on a per call basis, thereby supporting any multicast group in a unified manner. The ATM cell switch fabric includes a protection control IC for providing a 1+1 protection and a protection data path IC for providing a 1:m protection. A large scale cell switch fabric is constructed in which a first stage switch distributes its incoming traffic, destined for the same output switch and on a per call basis, evenly over multiple routing switches in a 2-stage or higher configuration. A higher switching speed is achieved in which a source switch port controller distributes its incoming traffic, on a per call basis, evenly over multiple cell switches.
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Harper Kevin C.
Horabik Michael
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