Patent ID: 6137790
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A system for providing segmented control of multiple routing applications in a homogeneous routing component, said routing component being adapted to select at least one output signal from among a plurality of input signals, the system comprising:at least one application-specific control element for controlling one of said multiple routing applications, said at least one application-specific control element being coupled to said routing component, said at least one application-specific control element being responsive to address information and signal status information transported with each of said plurality of input signals, said at least one application-specific control element including a configurable control arbiter for resolving a single control input signal for said routing component based on said signal status information, said control input signal including address information for one of said plurality of input signals;said routing component being operable to select said one of said plurality of input signals in response to said control input signal; andwherein said control input signal is associated with said at least one output signal, said at least one application-specific control element being operable to independently control one of said multiple routing applications in said routing component using said associated control input signal, and wherein said configurable control arbiter is selectively configurable to support multiple routing domains within said one of said multiple routing applications.