Patent ID: 7027436
Filing Date: 2006-04-11
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A communication switch comprising a plurality of input channels and a plurality of output channels for switching data comprising a plurality of first groups of data transmitted in a predetermined first time order and arranged with respect to said input channels in a predetermined first input channel order and comprising a plurality of second groups of data transmitted in a predetermined second time order and arranged with respect to said input channels in a predetermined second input channel order, the first groups comprising less data than the second groups, said switch comprising in combination: a first switch arranged to alter the predetermined first time order of the first groups of data into a predetermined third time order different from said first time order; a second switch arranged to alter the predetermined second time order of the second groups of data into a predetermined fourth time order different from the second time order; a third switch arranged to order said first groups of data with respect to said output channels in an output channel order different from said first input channel order; and a fourth switch arranged to order said second groups of data with respect to said output channels in an output channel order different from said second input channel order.