Patent ID: 8762920
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An interconnection system, comprising: a backplane including a plurality of interconnection layers, each of the plurality of interconnection layers including a respective one of a plurality of groups of interconnections; a plurality of line modules; and a plurality of switch modules, wherein each of the plurality of line modules is connected to not more than two of the plurality of switch modules via respective first and second interconnections of a corresponding one of the plurality of groups of interconnections, and first and second ends of each interconnection in each of the plurality of groups of interconnections are associated with a corresponding one of a plurality of Manhattan lengths, said each interconnection having a length that is less than a corresponding one of the plurality of Manhattan lengths associated with said each interconnection, wherein a number of the plurality of line modules is equal to the number of the plurality of switch modules, wherein the plurality of line modules includes a first plurality of line modules and a second plurality of line modules, a number of the first plurality of line modules being the same as a number of the second plurality of line modules, and wherein a number of the plurality of groups of interconnection layers is equal to the number of the plurality of switch modules-1.