Control processor switchover for a telecommunications switch
CA 2302500 A1 · Owner: Baracka, Ronald Louis Jr. · Inventors: Ganmukhi, Mahesh N.; Prokopik, John Peter; Demilia, Michael P.
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First and second control processor cards (12 14) are employed in conjunction , with first and second switch fabric cards (16 18) to interconnect , Input/Output cards (24) in a telecommunications switch (10). The control processor cards (12, 14) provide a portion of the functionality previously associated with switch fabric cards (16 18), such as exertion of control over allocation of bandwidth within the switch. The control processor cards also provide new functionality. In particular each control processor card can , configure both switch fabric cards (16 18). Redundant control processor cards and redundant switch fabric cards are employed to provide a switch that is less susceptible …
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- Filed August 25, 1998. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 25, 2018.
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