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Message relaying scheme based on switching in units of flows

  • US 20040153570A1
  • Filed: 12/31/2003
  • Published: 08/05/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A message relay device connected with a plurality of routing processing devices for carrying out connection-less communications, for relaying a message from one routing processing device to another routing processing device, the message relay device comprising:

  • a plurality of interface units provided in correspondence to the routing processing devices; and

    a switching unit connecting the plurality of interface units within the message relay device using optical rings capable of transmitting optical signals in a plurality of wavelengths by multiplexing the optical signals;

    wherein each interface unit transmits an input message entered from a corresponding routing processing device of each interface unit, through a communication channel in the optical rings toward a target interface corresponding to a relaying target routing processing device of the input message which is formed by using a wavelength determined according to the input message, and receives an output message to be outputted to the corresponding routing processing device of each interface unit from the switching unit by selectively intercepting a wavelength uniquely allocated to each interface unit in the optical rings, where a number of wavelengths that can be received at each interface unit is set to be greater than a number of wavelengths that can be transmitted from each interface unit.

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