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Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016

Filed:

May. 08, 2013
Applicant:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Inventor:

Robert Ashby Armistead, III, Los Altos, CA (US);

Assignee:

Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/933 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 49/15 (2013.01);
Abstract

A multi-stage switching fabric provides a plurality switching boxes. Each switching box includes a plurality of switches and a plurality of interconnects, and each interconnect is coupled to each switch. The switching boxes may be arranged in a first stage and a second stage. In this example, each switching box in the first stage may be coupled to each switching box in the second stage via a single high capacity cable. In this regard, each switch in the first stage may be coupled to each switch in the second stage using a reduced amount of cabling.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Armistead, III, Robert. (2016). Multi-stage switching topology (U.S. Patent No. 9473422). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9473422

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