Patent ID: 8570860
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: G06F,H01L,H04L

Abstract:
1. A signal transmission system, comprising: a transmission network having signal paths configured to communicate network signals from an input to an output, the signal paths being located between at least two redundant signal paths; a first steering network coupled to the input and in communication with the transmission network; a second steering network coupled to the output and in communication with the transmission network; and at least one steering control network operable to receive error signals corresponding to an inoperable signal path in the transmission network and to generate steering signals that are communicated to the first steering network and the second steering network, wherein the first steering network is configured to shift the network signals from the inoperable signal path to an alternate, operable signal path, wherein the second steering network is configured to shift the network signals back to intended data paths leading to the output, and wherein, when at least two of the signal paths are determined to be inoperable, the network signals are steered simultaneously in opposite directions towards the at least two redundant signal paths.