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Switching systems and methods of operation of switching systems

  • US 20020034183A1
  • Filed: 11/13/2001
  • Published: 03/21/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1998
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of operation of a switching system, the switching system comprising:

  • a plurality of output stages each operable to supply packets of data to a respective output line;

    a plurality of input stages each operable to receive packets of data on a respective input line, each received packet being destined for at least a respective one of the output stages; and

    a transfer stage operable to transfer packets of data from any of the input stages to those of the output stages for which those packets are destined; and

    the method of operation of the switching system comprising the steps of;

    for each output stage, noting the temporal order in which the packets destined for that output stage are received by the input stages; and

    controlling the transfer stage so that, for each output stage, the packets destined for that output stage are transferred from the input stages to that output stage in the noted order.

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