Communications: electrical – Continuously variable indicating – With meter reading
Patent
1995-12-21
1998-05-19
Holloway, III, Edwin C.
Communications: electrical
Continuously variable indicating
With meter reading
3408258, H04Q 100
Patent
active
057541205
ABSTRACT:
A communication system including a CLOS switching network, and a method for characterizing network capacity, usage, congestion, and blocking and/or near blocking states. The CLOS switching network includes input, center and output stages each comprised of at least one switch, a plurality of first links connecting each input stage switch to each of the center stage switches, and a plurality of second links connecting each center stage switch to each of the output stage switches. The system also comprises a controller for determining the idle/busy status of each of the first and second links, and for calculating a measurement of available paths between each of the input stage switches to each of the output stage switches based on the status of the first and second links. In one embodiment of the method according to the present invention, the status of each link is determined and the measurement of available paths is checked prior to executing a routing algorithm to determine the path or paths that can be utilized to satisfy a communication request received by the system. Use of the system and method of the present invention permits for characterization of network capacity, usage, congestion, and blocking and/or near blocking states, and may also result in improved efficiency by avoiding complex routing calculations in no paths or only limited paths are available to satisfy the communication request.
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Holloway III Edwin C.
Lucent Technologies
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