Bit sliced digital cross connect switching system
CA 2243303 A1 · Owner: Lucent Technologies Inc. · Inventors: Bortolini, James R.; Nociolo, Lawrence J.; Bortolini, Edward J.
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A switching network having a plurality of independent switching units with each switching unit switching one bit of each group of data from external data links through a telecommunication switching system. The plurality of switching units is greater than the number of bits that must be switched which increases reliability. This allows the extra switching units to be utilized as replacement switching units should a switching unit actively switching a bit of the incoming data be disabled. The switching units provide full broadcast switching of data from any individual external link to any number of the other external links. A plurality of port units terminate the external links and a …
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- Filed July 16, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 16, 2018.
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