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Bus architecture for high reliability communications in computer system

  • US 6,725,312 B1
  • Filed: 11/02/2000
  • Issued: 04/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An industrial PC-compatible computer system for telecommunications applications, the computer system comprising:

  • a plurality of peripheral boards, each peripheral board comprising a peripheral processor;

    a computer telephony bus for providing communications among the peripheral boards;

    a plurality of system processors; and

    a serial telecommunications bus arrangement for providing communications between the plurality of peripheral boards and the plurality of system processors, having;

    a plurality of telecommunications hubs, each hub being associated with a system processor;

    a first serial telecommunications bus operably connected to each peripheral board and each telecommunications hub for providing communications therebetween; and

    a second serial telecommunications bus operably connected to a telecommunications hub and its associated system processor for providing communications therebetween.

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