Integrated network switching hub and bus structure
First Claim
1. A method for redirecting data in a network comprising:
- receiving data at a port;
switching the data onto a bus using a first switching means, wherein the first switching means are controlled by an arbitrator; and
making a determination at the arbitrator that data from the first switching means has been placed on the bus; and
making a selection at the arbitrator of a read amplifier appropriate to data placed on the bus by the first switching means for retrieving the data in accordance with a predetermined selection scheme under control of the arbitrator.
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Abstract
A network switching hub is implemented on an IC chip, and has a bus connected to external ports through sets of queue switch transistors, source to drain for data switched onto the bus, the queue switch transistors gated simultaneously by control lines from an on-board arbitrator controller following a preprogrammed arbitration scheme. Data is switched off the bus and hub by port adapter controllers connected to read amplifier receivers connected directly to the on-chip bus, the port adapter controllers enabled by the arbitrator controller following the same preprogrammed arbitration scheme. Ports may be serial or parallel, and may be adapted to special purposes, such as PCI and hub to hub connection for expansion.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for redirecting data in a network comprising:
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receiving data at a port; switching the data onto a bus using a first switching means, wherein the first switching means are controlled by an arbitrator; and making a determination at the arbitrator that data from the first switching means has been placed on the bus; and making a selection at the arbitrator of a read amplifier appropriate to data placed on the bus by the first switching means for retrieving the data in accordance with a predetermined selection scheme under control of the arbitrator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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