Patent ID: 9363208
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A data transmission network, comprising: a first tier of network switches, each network switch in the first tier configured to receive and transmit data over a network using a first data transmission media; a second tier of network switches, each network switch in the second tier using a second data transmission media different from the first data transmission media, and configured to receive and transmit data from at least one of the network switches in the first tier of network switches; a first network transpose box comprising a first group of network connectors and a second group of network connectors, the first group of network connectors each being connected to each of the second group of network connectors, the second group of network connectors each being connected to each of the first group of network connectors, and one or more components to convert a signal between the first data transmission media and the second data transmission media; and a control server configured to manage a flow of data through the first network transpose box by operating a first subset of the first tier of network switches and a first subset of the second tier of network switches, wherein the control server is further configured to operate the first subset of the first tier of network switches and the first subset of the second tier of network switches using a dedicated management channel, wherein each of the first subset of the first tier of network switches is connected to at least one of the first group of network connectors associated with the first network transpose box and each of the first subset of the second tier of network switches is connected to at least one of the second group of network connectors, wherein a physical meshing of communication media that is located within the first network transpose box connects the first and second groups of network connectors and implements a network topology that connects, using a single cable for each connection, multiple switches of the first tier of network switches to multiple switches of the second tier of network switches via the single cable between each switch of the first tier and each switch of the second tier inside of the first network transpose box.