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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1984
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1982
Piero Belforte, Turin, IT;
Mario Bondonno, Borgaro Torinese, IT;
Enzo Garetti, Turin, IT;
Giancarlo Guaschino, Turin, IT;
Luciano Pilati, Turin, IT;
Abstract
A five-stage PCM switching network of an automatic telephone exchange is divided into a set of outer modular units each including a first-stage and a fifth-stage matrix, a set of inner modular units each including a second-stage and a fourth-stage matrix, and a set of central modular units each including a pair of third-stage matrices. Each modular unit is provided with an individual base-level microprocessor controlling the switching of its matrices and the checking of their performance with the aid of ancillary equipment including transceivers sending back outgoing signals and samplers delivering bytes from corresponding time slots at opposite ends of an established signal path to a comparator in the associated microprocessor. Each set is divided into several subsets provided with respective intermediate-level microprocessors which control their base-level microprocessors; a top-level microprocessor, responsive to commands from a central controller, dialogues with the intermediate-level microprocessors for setting up and discontinuing calling connections between incoming PCM lines joined to inputs of the first-stage matrices and outgoing PCM lines joined to outputs of the fifth-stage matrices.