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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Shenoda, Portland, OR (US);
Andrew P. Alleman, Portland, OR (US);
Assignee:
Oresis Communications, Beaverton, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; H04L 1/266 ; H04M 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ; H04L 1/256 ; H04L 1/266 ; H04M 7/00 ;
Abstract
The distributed architecture switch of the invention provides a scalable, flexible switching device to route telephone calls and other data (e.g., frame relay, ISDN) over an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network. The switch includes multiple service modules that can be geographically disparate and function as a single switching device. The multiple service modules are coupled to a system controller that controls the service modules and passes messages between the service modules.