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Broadband switch that manages traffic and method therefor

  • US 6,188,687 B1
  • Filed: 12/30/1997
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/30/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of operating a switching circuit to manage communication signal traffic, said method comprising the steps of:

  • performing first stage switching in a first plurality of switching modules;

    performing second stage switching in a second plurality of switching modules, wherein each of said first switching modules is coupled to all of said second switching modules and said first and second switching modules are in data communication through a plurality of junctors, a portion of said junctors being configured as bidirectional junctors;

    monitoring upstream and downstream signal traffic volume;

    controlling, in response to said monitoring step, a number of said bidirectional junctors allocated to upstream signal traffic and a number of said bidirectional junctors allocated to downstream signal traffic; and

    directing communication signals through said bidirectional junctors in response to said upstream and downstream signal traffic volume.

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