Multiplex communications – Wide area network – Packet switching
Patent
1992-01-22
1993-11-02
Chin, Wellington
Multiplex communications
Wide area network
Packet switching
H04L 1256
Patent
active
052589781
ABSTRACT:
A multi-stage network which achieves the same overall connectivity as known networks but where individual switching nodes have no input selectivity and no output selectivity. Each node is enabled or disabled to control communication therethrough in response to a single control signal. The functionality of a switching network is achieved by controlling which nodes are enabled rather than specifying connections of particular node inputs and outputs to be effected by the nodes. In a photonic network embodiment, each network node is implemented using a single symmetric self electro-optic effect device (S-SEED).
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Cloonan Thomas J.
Lentine Anthony L.
McCormick, Jr. Frederick B.
Richards Gaylord W.
AT&T Bell Laboratories
Chin Wellington
Watland Ross T.
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