Title:
PROTECTED SWITCHING RING
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004102853
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The protected switching ring architecture has distributed processing architecture enables ethernet to be switched between nodes over a loop. The architecture forces a tree structure by removing a link between the nodes in the loop. The architecture reconfigures links between nodes as shown in Fig 5.
Inventors:
LYNCH ROBERT LEROY
GRISWOLD DAVID STEPHEN
SWOPE GLENN RUSSELL
PATE PRAYSON WILL
GRISWOLD DAVID STEPHEN
SWOPE GLENN RUSSELL
PATE PRAYSON WILL
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/014241
Publication Date:
May 06, 2005
Filing Date:
May 06, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
OVERTURE NETWORKS INC (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/42; H04L12/437; (IPC1-7): H04L12/28
Foreign References:
| US5781530A | 1998-07-14 |
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