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Digital telecommunication switching systems

CA 1109950 A · Owner: General Electric Company Limited (The) · Inventors: Rees, Frederick H.; Shuttleworth, Anthony E.; Niewiadomski, Stephen

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A digital switching telecommunications exchange handling pulse code modulated information samples in time division multiplex form on incoming and outgoing junctions. The exchange includes a receive interface for each incoming junction and a transmit interface for each outgoing junction and a pair of identical time division multiplex switching networks providing interconnection paths between any incoming junction channel and any outgoing junction channel. Under non-fault conditions exchange calls use identical paths in each network and the transmit interfaces include error checking and comparison arrangements for each pair of information samples received under fault conditions the transmit …

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  • Granted September 29, 1981. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 29, 1998.
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FiledMarch 15, 1978
GrantedSeptember 29, 1981
Term endedSeptember 29, 1998
Patent numberCA 1109950 A
Classification (IPC)G08C25/00 +2 more

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1979198119831985198719891991199319951997Application filedMarch 15, 1978Patent grantedSep 29, 1981Term endedSep 29, 1998

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