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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 17, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 06, 1999
Applicants:
Kenneth M. Buckland, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Riccardo G. Dorbolo, Petaluma, CA (US);
Robert D. Howson, Jr., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth M. Buckland, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Riccardo G. Dorbolo, Petaluma, CA (US);
Robert D. Howson, Jr., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A TDM switch is configured to route TDM traffic from two receive circuits to a destination. One copy of the traffic is discarded, and a memory selectively stores the other copy for routing to the TDM switch. Receive circuits contemplate both virtual tributary (VT) level and card or circuit level metrics for qualification of signals.