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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stacy Nichols, Kanata, CA;
David A. Brown, Carp, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/228 ;
Abstract
A multi-stage switch includes a plurality of switching elements for routing cells from input components to output components. Internal switch logic routes incoming cells to the output components in the same temporal order as they are received from the input components, and sequentially activates the switching elements to distribute the cells evenly within the switch.