Multiplex communications – Pathfinding or routing – Through a circuit switch
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-08
2006-08-08
Rao, Seema S. (Department: 2666)
Multiplex communications
Pathfinding or routing
Through a circuit switch
C370S395400, C370S412000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07088710
ABSTRACT:
A data switch for handling packets of information; the switch includes input traffic managers, ingress routers, a memoryless cyclic switch fabric, egress routers and output traffic managers all acting under the control of a switch controller. Each ingress router includes a set of virtual output buffers one for each output traffic manager and each message priority. Each data packet or cell as it arrives is examined to identify the output traffic manager address and its message priority. The switch controller uses a first arbitration and selection process to schedule the passage of the next cell across the switch fabric which the ingress router uses a second arbitration and selection process to select the appropriate virtual output queue for use in the switch fabric transfer.
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Collins Michael Patrick Robert
Howarth Paul
Johnson Ian David
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw & Pittman LLP
Rao Seema S.
Scheibel, Jr. Robert C.
Xyratex Technology Limited
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