Patent ID: 7457303
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A one-bounce data network comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected to each other via communication links, the network including a plurality of interconnected switch devices, said switch devices interconnected such that a message is communicated between any two switches passes over a single link from a source switch to a destination switch: and, the source switch concurrently sends a message to a single arbitrary bounce switch configured for sending the message to the destination switch over a non-shortest path, said one-bounce network enabling simultaneous message communication between the source switch and destination switch up to the aggregate bandwidth of all the links to or from a switch, wherein the network is packet-based, a packet being communicated including means for indicating whether a packet has already bounced or not, the indicating means comprises a bounce bit in a packet header that is reset when the packet is injected into the network and is set when the packet is bounced to said single arbitrary bounce switch, a set bounce bit indicating that the packet can only go to the destination switch over said non-shortest path.