Patent ID: 9246994
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system comprising: a first network site having local processing components configured to perform processing for a network application; a second network site geographically separated from the first network site and having local processing components configured to perform processing for the network application; and a three-stage folded Clos switching fabric configured to switch packet traffic associated with the network application between the first and second network sites, said three-stage folded Clos switching fabric providing non-blocking connections between respective ones of the local processing components at the first network site, non-blocking connections between respective ones of the local processing components at the second network site, and non-blocking connections between respective ones of the local processing components at the first network site with respective ones of the local processing components at the second network site, and wherein said three-stage folded Clos switching fabric comprises, for each of one or more switching fabric planes: