Patent ID: 7602771
Filing Date: 2009-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A two-dimensional circulating switch comprising: a plurality of switch modules; a first plurality of rotors, each of said first plurality of rotors comprising at least two temporal cyclical rotators having opposite rotation directions; and a second plurality of rotors, each of said second plurality of rotors comprising at least two temporal cyclical rotators having opposite rotation directions; each temporal cyclical rotator having a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets, where each inlet of said plurality of inlets is communicatively connected to a switch module of said plurality of switch modules and each outlet of said plurality of outlets is communicatively connected to a switch module of said plurality of switch modules and where said temporal cyclical rotator cyclically connects each inlet of said plurality of inlets to each outlet of said plurality of outlets; each switch module having a data memory logically divided into: wherein each switch module of said plurality of switch modules is: wherein any two switch modules among said plurality of switch modules connected to a common rotor in said first plurality of rotors connect only to different rotors in said second plurality of rotors; and wherein each rotor in said first plurality of rotors is connected to as many switch modules in said plurality of switch modules as there are rotors in said second plurality of rotors.