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Message ring in a switching network

  • US 8,619,802 B2
  • Filed: 07/06/2010
  • Issued: 12/31/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A switching network for receiving and transmitting data packets having both frames which consist of relatively long strings of bytes and messages which consist of small entities of bytes comprising:

  • a plurality of data ports, wherein;

    each of the plurality of data ports can be an input port for sending the frames and the messages, andeach of the plurality of data ports can be an output port for receiving the frames and the messages;

    a message ring comprising one or more components successively interconnecting one data port to an adjacent data port for passing the messages from an input port, successively through a plurality of intermediate ports to a destination output port; and

    a crossbar for connecting the plurality of data ports for switching the frames from an input port to an output port;

    wherein the frames and messages are processed concurrently,wherein the messages do not pass through the crossbar.

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