Alcatel Lucent

Alcatel Societe Anonyme

Teck Q Chin

Ignacio A Linares

James C McKinley

Robert S Gammenthaler, Jr

Gerald R Dubois

Dennis J Harkin

The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method of increasing port availability for a communication switch. First, second and third M port crossbars are arranged to provide a crossbar with a increased number of ports available for the communication switch. K ports of a first M port crossbar are individually coupled to K ports of a second and a third M port crossbar via interconnect buses. Further, K ports of the second and third M port crossbars are individually coupled via interconnect buses resulting in L available ports on each the M port crossbars in which M&#x3e;L&#x3e;K.

Switch architecture using multiple crossbars

An apparatus and system is provided for coupling an ethernet switch to communication link(s) in a communication network without requiring the disconnection and reconnection of the communication link(s). A module is configured to accommodate components of an ethernet switch, and can be modularly introduced into a communication rack and quickly engaged with rack-mounted mating connectors which are coupled to the communication link(s).

Ethernet switch module and system

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Richardson, TX, United States of America

Teck Q Chin