Burst-switching communications system
CA 1261444 A · Owner: Gte Laboratories Incorporated · Inventors: Haselton, E. Fletcher; Lenart, Joseph M.; Amstutz, Stanford R.
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A distributed-control burst-switching communications system with fully integrated voice and data services and with processing, capacity sufficient to support T1 or higher transmission rates. The system may include a high-speed hub switch located at a point of high-traffic concentration in the network and a plurality of link switches. The switches are interconnected by time-division multiplexed communications links. Each switch includes one or more ports. Each port provides access to the system for a control processor, an end-user, or another communications system. Within each switch, there is switching intelligence for routing a burst toward its destination port. A burst is a …
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- Granted September 26, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 26, 2006.
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