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Message ring in a switching network

  • US 7,203,203 B2
  • Filed: 12/05/2001
  • Issued: 04/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A switching apparatus for receiving and transmitting frames and messages, wherein the frames consist of relatively long strings of bytes and the messages consist of small entities, the switching apparatus comprisinga ring of plural data ports comprising input ports and output ports, wherein each data port is interconnected to two adjacent data ports, the ring defining for any given pairing of one input port and one output port a set of zero or more intermediate data ports in a given direction, the ring for passing the messages received at the input ports through any respective intermediate ports to designated output portsa crossbar for switching the frames from the input ports to the output portswherein the frames and messages are processed simultaneouslywherein the messages do not pass through the crossbar.

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