Patent ID: 6418142
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
A process for establishing point-to-multipoint connections (A14, A33, A34) and multipoint-to-point connections (B14, B15, B35) in a coupling field comprised of a number of stages (I, II, III), each with a number of switching modules (11-15, 21-25, 31-35), each of which has a number of inputs and outputs that can be freely connected to one another, characterized in that:when there are switching modules (21-25) in at least one stage (II) in the coupling field, and if, depending on their type, these switching modules are capable of simultaneously splitting the point-to-multipoint connections (A14, A33, A34) and coupling together the multipoint-to-point connections (B14, B15, B35), then the point-to-multipoint connections (A14, A33, A34) are split by those switching modules (25) in which more inputs than outputs are already loaded with connections, and the multipoint-to-point connections (B14, B15, B35) are coupled together by those switching modules (24) in which more outputs than inputs are already loaded with connections.