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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 10, 2001
Robert S. Gammenthaler, Jr., Frisco, TX (US);
Ignacio A. Linares, Plano, TX (US);
James C. Mckinley, Frisco, TX (US);
Teck Q. Chin, Richardson, TX (US);
Gerald R. Dubois, Lucas, TX (US);
Robert S. Gammenthaler, Jr., Frisco, TX (US);
Ignacio A. Linares, Plano, TX (US);
James C. McKinley, Frisco, TX (US);
Teck Q. Chin, Richardson, TX (US);
Gerald R. Dubois, Lucas, TX (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method of increasing port availability for a communication switch. First, second and third M port crossbars are arranged to provide a crossbar with a increased number of ports available for the communication switch. K ports of a first M port crossbar are individually coupled to K ports of a second and a third M port crossbar via interconnect buses. Further, K ports of the second and third M port crossbars are individually coupled via interconnect buses resulting in L available ports on each the M port crossbars in which M>L>K.