Patent ID: 9612992
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06Q,H04J,H04L

Claim:
1. A networking apparatus comprising: a plurality of communications ports that interface with external computing systems to channel physical layer signals, a dynamic routing module comprising a crosspoint switch that interconnects communications ports with discrete reconfigurable and asynchronous data conduits and redirects physical layer signals between interconnected communications ports, each of the data conduits defining a transmission pathway between predetermined communications ports for physical layer signals, the crosspoint switch being integrated within the dynamic module, a management module that administers data conduits within the dynamic routing module, the management module interfacing with the dynamic routing module to make and/or break data conduits responsive to received routing commands, wherein the network apparatus is arranged to condition degraded physical layer signals received at the network apparatus, using: a reference clock, and a plurality of clock and data recovery modules interfaced with the reference clock and the communication ports, the clock and data recovery modules being configured to use a clock derived from the reference clock to regenerate the degraded physical layer signals received via the communications ports; and a signal processing engine configured to adjust at least one frequency component of the physical layer signal to shape the waveform of the degraded physical layer signal to conform with a desired waveform shape.