Patent ID: 6570872
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A self-configuring switch, comprising:a memoryless channel switch for performing channel switching according to a predetermined time schedule; a global controller, the global controller including a global time counter circuit and a channel assignment mechanism, the channel assignment mechanism computing a predetermined time schedule for the memoryless channel switch; and a plurality of data switch modules connected to local data traffic sources through incoming links and to local data traffic sinks through outgoing links, and connected to the channel switch by a plurality of outgoing channels and a plurality of incoming channels, each module having a local controller and a local time counter circuit, means for sorting data units into data groups corresponding to the respective channels, a memory for storing the sorted data groups, means for determining a volume of data in each data group, means for reporting each volume of data to the global controller, means for receiving control signals from the global controller, and means for timing the transfer of sorted data from the data groups in accordance with the control signals.