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ROUTER AND SWITCH ARCHITECTURE

  • US 20120106562A1
  • Filed: 10/26/2011
  • Published: 05/03/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A packet switching system for a packet transfer network comprising:

  • a plurality of line cards, each line card comprising an ingress path pipeline and an egress buffer; and

    an electro-optical In/Out (IO) interconnect coupling the ingress path pipeline of each line card to the egress buffer of the other line cards;

    wherein the ingress path pipeline of each line card is configured to perform ingress processing and partial egress processing on a packet received from the packet transfer network.

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