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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2003
Yoav Valadarsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
David Dmitry Bidny, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Yoav Valadarsky, Kfar Saba, IL;
David Dmitry Bidny, Rishon Lezion, IL;
ECI Telecom Ltd., Petach Tikva, IL;
Abstract
A switching device for telecommunication networks, which comprises I/O ports, arranged by groups in I/O cards, for inputting incoming data streams and outputting outgoing data streams of arbitrary protocols, a switching fabric SF for handling internal data streams, a number of adaptation functional blocks AFBs associated with the switching fabric SF and forming a common pool of AFBs. The switching device also comprises a distribution block DB for switching between the I/O ports and the adaptation functional blocks AFBs, and configurable to provide a required connection between any of the I/O ports positioned on any of the I/O cards, and any of the adaptation functional blocks AFBs from the common pool of AFBs.