H - Electricity – 04 – Q
Patent
H - Electricity
04
Q
344/28
H04Q 3/42 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1280497
Abstract A switching element for self-routing, multistage, packet-switching, interconnection networks which comprise: an input unit, composed of as many sections ( IMA, IMB) as there are elements inputs, each section comprising a FIFO memory (FIFA, FIFB) for packet buffering; a switch (SW) associated with a control unit (SCU) which, for each packet to be forwarded, sets up a requested connection for that packet between one input and one or more outputs of the element (ECP), based on a routing tag associated with each packet and comprising a first and a second portion relative to normal routing and to broadcasting in the different stages of the network (RC), and solves possible routing conflicts between packets simultaneously arriving at different inputs; and an output unit, composed of as many sections (RUO, RUl) as there are element outputs and performing the functions necessary for correct packet forwarding toward a destination. The control unit (SCU) of the switch (SW) is arranged to handle broadcasting of a packet independently of all other elements (ECP) in the same stage, to allow broadcasting to a number of destinations, not limited to a power of 2, (for an element with two inputs and two outputs) and cooperates with the memory (FIF) storing the packet to be broadcast in such a way that broadcast- ing does not give rise to internal blocking in the network (RC). The control unit (SCU) moreover solves routing conflicts to set an upper bound to packet residence time within the network.
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Balboni Gian Paolo
Giandonato Giuseppe
Melen Riccardo
Vercellone Vinicio
Cselt - Centro Studi E. Laboratori Telecommunicazioni S.p.a.
Ridout & Maybee Llp
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