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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Inventor:
Andreas Zirkler, München, DE;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/437 (2006.01); H04L 12/433 (2006.01); G06F 11/20 (2006.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); G06F 11/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/437 (2013.01); G06F 11/2028 (2013.01); H04L 12/433 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); G06F 11/0796 (2013.01); G06F 11/1633 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/2838 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to network nodes comprising: a first computing unit (CPU); at least one second computing unit (CPU); an internal switch (Sw); and an external switch (Sw), wherein the internal switch (Sw) is connected to the first computing Nunit (CPU), the at least second computing unit (CPU) and to the external switch (Sw) and wherein the external switch (Sw) has at least one port for data originating from other network nodes. The invention also relates to a control module and an Ethernet ring.