Patent ID: 11892968
Assignee: SILICON TAILOR LIMITED
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 15:
16. The circuit as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second switch matrix comprises:
a third switch matrix, the third switch matrix being capable of directing signals received at the second intermediate ports to multiple fourth intermediate ports;
a fourth switch matrix, the fourth switch matrix being capable of directing signals received at multiple fifth intermediate ports to multiple sixth intermediate ports, the number of the fifth intermediate ports being less than the number of the second intermediate ports;
one or more secondary bypass links, each secondary bypass link being capable of coupling one or more of the fourth intermediate ports to a respective one or more of the third intermediate ports of the circuit independently of the fourth switch matrix;
a third redirection layer, the third redirection layer being capable of, for each of the multiple fourth intermediate ports, directing a signal received at that fourth intermediate port to a secondary bypass link or to a fifth intermediate port; and
a fourth redirection layer, the fourth redirection layer being capable of directing signals received at each of the secondary bypass links to a respective one or more third intermediate ports, and directing signals received at each of the sixth intermediate ports to a respective one or more third intermediate ports.