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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1999
Virgil Vladescu, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Art Garcia, Tappan, NY (US);
Frank Schumeg, Ogdensburg, NJ (US);
Vijay Malik, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Abstract
In an ATM communications system, a cell entering a switch fabric input port is routed to its destination output port and to a predetermined dedicated second output port. The second output port is connected by a feedback connection to a predetermined dedicated second input port. The cell can then be either switched to the same destination output port or switched to both the same destination output port and the predetermined dedicated second output port, thereby providing the ability to execute a logical multicast with any number of leaves to the destination output port.