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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven Allen Murphy, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Donald Bruce Bennett, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Brian Ralph Larson, Eagan, MN (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/250 ;
Abstract
An expandable network constructed from a plurality of identical network fabric cards which uses a plurality of selected row address bits to route connection paths between adjacent columns of interconnecting switches and a software algorithm for implementing a network of any whole number power of 2 rows or ports by assigning numbers of the network switches and attached nodes are described.