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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 1990
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
David C Nicholas, Cedar Rapids, IA (US);
Assignee:
Rockwell International Corporation, El Segundo, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
370 60 ; 370 67 ; 370 941 ;
Abstract
A packet switching module connects to a multiplexed carrier line which has at least an input line and an output line. A receiver circuit receives an information frame over the multiplexed carrier line. The information frame has a predetermined format which includes a physical destination address. A plurality of processing modules and a controller are connected to a common memory and switching the packets according to the destination addresses. The new information frame is outputted on the multiplexed carrier line by a transmitter circuit.