Rotating-access atm-stm packet switch
CA 2061850 C · Owner: Munter, Ernst August · Inventors: Beshai, Maged E.; Munter, Ernst August
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A new architecture of an ATM or ATM/STM switching node which is functionally equivalent to the classical bufferspace-buffer (BSB) architecture is disclosed. In the basic embodiment, it uses middle packet buffers with a rotator (commutator) at its input and output. It has two main advantages over the BSB architecture. First of all in the ATM mode, the need for arbitration when more than one inlet competes for the same outlet during the same time slot is eliminated. Each packet knows when to proceed without being aware of the competing packets. This greatly simplifies the switching-control mechanism. Secondly the switch hardware complexity is reduced through the use of clock-driven rather …
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- Filed February 26, 1992 and granted August 2, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2012.
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