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Enhanced crosspoint bus protocol

  • US 20020159477A1
  • Filed: 02/28/2001
  • Published: 10/31/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of extending a standard crosspoint bus protocol for controlling an enhanced crosspoint bus, the method comprising the step of:

  • modifying a definition of one or more bits in a message sequence from a first predefined designation specifying the standard crosspoint bus protocol to a second predefined designation, the second designation being a control definition for specifying one of an enhanced crosspoint bus protocol and the standard crosspoint bus protocol;

    wherein the enhanced crosspoint bus protocol is an expansion of the standard crosspoint bus protocol and is backward compatible with the standard protocol.

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