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Packet switch with dynamic allocation of inputs

  • US 4,866,701 A
  • Filed: 09/02/1988
  • Issued: 09/12/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/02/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A recirculation arrangement for use in a packet switch having a plurality of inputs and a plurality of outputs, said recirculation arrangement serving to route data packets which cannot be routed to said outputs back to said inputs, said recirculation arrangement comprisingmeans for generating steering packets containing input addresses,means for combining said steering packets and said data packets to be routed back to said inputs so that said addresses in said steering packets form headers for said data packets to be routed back to said inputs, anda self-routing network for routing said data packets to said inputs based on said headers.

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