Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1984-09-26
1987-04-28
Olms, Douglas W.
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
370 94, H04J 600
Patent
active
046619470
ABSTRACT:
A communication method and packet switching network in which self-routing packets are communicated through the network by intra-communication of the packets within stages of the network as well as inter-communication of the packets among stages. The stages each having a plurality of pairs of switch nodes with each pair having an intra-node link between the pair of nodes. Each of the switch nodes comprises input controllers and output controllers. The input controller of a node is responsive to the receipt of a packet for interrogating the address field of the packet to determine the destination of the packet. The input control on the basis of the destination determination commmunicates the packet towards the destination via either an inter-stage link or an intra-node link on the basis of availability of the links and an internal control circuit. If a packet is transmitted via an intra-node link to the paired node the latter then transmits the packet via its output controller to the next stage via an inter-stage link. If both the intra-node link and the inter-stage link are available, the internal control circuit then determines which link should be utilized in communicating the packet. The internal destination circuit performs this designating function on the basis of a random number generator.
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Lea Chin-Tau A.
Montgomery Warren A.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Bell Laboratories
Moran John C.
Olms Douglas W.
Rokoff Kenneth I.
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