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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2009
Applicant:
Gihad Ghaibeh, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Inventor:
Gihad Ghaibeh, Moss Beach, CA (US);
Assignee:
Extreme Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A backplane device to connect to a plurality of stackable network switch devices. According to one aspect of the intention, each of the plurality of stackable network switch devices can implement its own internal non-blocking switching. According to another aspect of the intention, the relative configuration of connectors and signal lines of the backplane device provide for a switch device to be readily connected into (or disconnected from) a switch stack implementing combined non-blocking switching.