Patent ID: 6370295
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A switch module having 2p2 inlets and 2p.r outlets,wherein the number of inlets is independent from the number of outlets; wherein the inlets are grouped together in groups of p inlets and the outlets are grouped together in groups of r outlets, each group of inlets being associated with a single group of outlets; wherein for each group of inlets the module includes means for establishing a connection between any one of the inlets of the group of inlets and any one of the outlets of the associated group of outlets; and: wherein the means for establishing a connection between any one of the inlets of a group of inlets and any one of the outlets of the associated group of outlets comprise: a first switch having p inlets and one outlet, said inlets constituting inlets of the module; and a second switch having one inlet and r outlets, the outlet of the first switch being connected to the inlet of the second switch associated therewith, and the outlets of the second switch constituting the outlets of the module.