Isochronous switched fabric network
First Claim
1. An isochronous switched fabric network comprising:
- (a) a plurality of interconnected switched nodes forming multiple dimensions, each switched node having multiple dimensions and comprising an upstream port and a downstream port for each dimension, each upstream and downstream port comprising an input port and an output port;
(b) a discovery facility for discovering a depth of each dimension, and for discovering resources within each switched node;
(c) an addressing facility, responsive to the discovery facility, for assigning a matrix address to each switched node;
(d) a resource reservation facility for reserving resources within each switched node to establish a path through the switched fabric network for transmitting an isochronous data stream; and
(e) a scheduling facility for scheduling isochronous data transmitted through the switched fabric network.
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Abstract
An isochronous switched fabric network is disclosed comprising a plurality of interconnected switched nodes forming multiple dimensions, each switched node comprising an upstream port and a downstream port for each dimension, each upstream and downstream port comprising an input port and an output port. A discovery facility discovers a depth of each dimension, and discovers resources within each switched node. An addressing facility assigns a matrix address to each switched node, a resource reservation facility reserves resources within each switched node to establish a path through the switched fabric network for transmitting an isochronous data stream, and a scheduling facility schedules isochronous data transmitted through the switched fabric network.
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1. An isochronous switched fabric network comprising:
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(a) a plurality of interconnected switched nodes forming multiple dimensions, each switched node having multiple dimensions and comprising an upstream port and a downstream port for each dimension, each upstream and downstream port comprising an input port and an output port; (b) a discovery facility for discovering a depth of each dimension, and for discovering resources within each switched node; (c) an addressing facility, responsive to the discovery facility, for assigning a matrix address to each switched node; (d) a resource reservation facility for reserving resources within each switched node to establish a path through the switched fabric network for transmitting an isochronous data stream; and (e) a scheduling facility for scheduling isochronous data transmitted through the switched fabric network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of transmitting data through an isochronous switched fabric network comprising a plurality of interconnected switched nodes forming multiple dimensions, each switched node having multiple dimensions and comprising an upstream port and a downstream port for each dimension, each upstream and downstream port comprising an input port and an output port, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) discovering a depth of each of the dimension and discovering resources within each switched node; (b) assigning a matrix address to each of the switched node in response to the step of discovering a depth of each dimension; (c) reserving resources within each of the switched node to establish a path through the switched fabric network for transmitting an isochronous data stream; and (d) scheduling isochronous data transmitted through the switched fabric network. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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