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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2000
Curtis Lee Cornils, Chandler, AZ (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A space-based network router architecture ( ) is disclosed. The router includes an array-of-processors architecture ( ) for routing uplink and downlink traffic of a communications system ( ). The architecture comprises multiple node interface chips ( ) linked to one another via horizontal and vertical rings ( ), thus forming a mesh ( ). Associated with each node interface chip ( ) is a processor ( ) and either a demodulator ( ) or modulator ( ). Each node interface chip ( ) selectively transfers a signal depending upon the particular signal's destination and processing requirements. The router architecture ( ) provides scalabitly, fault-tolerance and flexibility, as well as structural advantages over present router systems.