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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Sergio Cabrini, San Giuliano Milanese, IT;
Silvio Cucchi, Gaggiano, IT;
Stefano Gastaldello, Teolo, IT;
Giulio Gladiali, Milan, IT;
Luca Razzetti, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;
Sergio Cabrini, San Giuliano Milanese, IT;
Silvio Cucchi, Gaggiano, IT;
Stefano Gastaldello, Teolo, IT;
Giulio Gladiali, Milan, IT;
Luca Razzetti, Sesto San Giovanni, IT;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
Disclosed is an input port to one or more switching matrices of a network element or the like through a number of backpanel connections, the port receiving input flows in the form of bits arranged in frames, the port comprising: a memory for storing a number of bytes belonging to a tributary; a slicer for slicing the stored bytes in a number of word structures and a backpanel framer for forming backpanel frames with said word structures, the number of said word structures being equal to the number of said switching matrices and the capacity of the input flow being equal to the capacity of the overall backpanel connection capacity.