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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
James Beasley, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/256 ;
Abstract
An arbitration system used with digital switching apparatus for coupling with a plurality of data signal sources, includes a plurality of bus slave arbitration systems in a one-to-one relationship with the data signal sources, a switch core assembly includes a shared bus subsystem having an arbitration control bus, a processor control bus with a plurality of shared cell buses is operatively connected to a bus master arbitration subsystem that arbitrates between a respective one of the data signal sources and the switch core assembly.