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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 17, 1992
Howard T Olnowich, Endwell, NY (US);
John D Jabusch, Endwell, NY (US);
Robert F Lusch, Vestal, NY (US);
Michael A Maniguet, Owego, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is multi-media switching apparatus for performing digital, analog, and/or optical communications amongst multiple nodes over switching networks. The key aspect of the present invention is the full parallel aspect of the switching apparatus which supports n simultaneously, low-latency connections, where n is the number of functional elements interconnected by the switching network. Any of the n simultaneous transmissions can be digital, analog, or optical in any proportion. In addition, the present invention can also serve as a high-speed distributed controller for the purpose of of selecting analog or optical switches for information transfer between elements of the system.