Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1986-08-06
1988-06-28
Olms, Douglas W.
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
H04Q 1104
Patent
active
047544511
ABSTRACT:
The present invention relates to an N-input, N-output "Knockout" packet switch (11) which uses decentralized control and distributed routing for routing high-speed, time-multiplexed, variable-length packets of information from the N inputs to the N outputs. More particularly, within the switch, the N input signals are separately synchronized such that the start of each arbitrarily arriving variable-length packet is synchronized to the start of a next mini time period of a sequence of mini time periods common to all inputs. The synchronized N input signals then propagate along separate broadcast buses (14) to each of N bus interface units (15) which include N packet filters (20), a concentrator (21) and a shared buffer (22) capable of processing variable-length packets. Each bus interface unit is associated with a separate one of the N outputs (12) of the switch, and the N packet filters therein are each associated with a separate one of the N broadcast buses for detecting if a packet on the associated bus is destined for the associated switch output. The concentrator is used to (a) reduce the number of separate buffers needed to receive packets which may arrive simultaneously and are destined for the associated output, and (b) only directs a maximum of L concurrently arriving packets to the shared buffer while discarding, or "knocking" out, the remainder. Contending packets at the output of the concentrator are stored in the shared buffer before placement on the output line on a first-in, first-out basis. The discarded packet rate of the "knockout" switch can be made as small as desired and latency of packets in the switch is the smallest achievable by any comparable switch.
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Eng Kai Y.
Hluchyj Michael G.
Yeh Yu S.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Bell Laboratories
Olms Douglas W.
Pfeifle Erwin W.
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