Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel

Marisa Treu

Silvio Cucchi

Paolo Rossi

Alberto Lometti

Silvano Frigerio

Giulio Gladiali

Marco Lenti

A multi-service transport apparatus for integrated transport networks that may have an electrical matrix, termination function means handling signals incoming at said apparatus input, a plurality of termination function means interfacing different layers, and adaptation function means. The termination function means handling incoming signals are implemented in input/output port devices; the termination function means interfacing different layers and said adaptation function means are implemented in adapter devices. The matrix performs exclusively the switching of the incoming signals that are already terminated and adapted by said input/output port devices and by said adapter devices and it is transparent with respect to the signal format. The switch may have a time division multiplexing matrix provided with a number of matrix inputs and a number of matrix outputs; source address generators, connected to matrix outputs of the time division multiplexing matrix.

Multi-service transport apparatus with switch for integrated transport networks

Disclosed is a memory-based switching matrix for cross-connecting the content of a plurality of input flows into the content of a plurality of output flows, the input flows being in the form of frames and said content being Time Division Multiplexed or packet data or whatever, the matrix comprising a number of physical memories for memorizing incoming input flows to be output in a predesigned order. The matrix is characterized in that the number of physical memories comprises a first number of memories having a writing role and a second number of memories having a reading role, with the second number being higher than the first number, and in that the role of each memory changes after at least one clock cycle. The arrangement according to the invention saves a number of physical memories with respect to known arrangements.

Switching matrix for a telecommunication network element

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