Patent ID: 7356306

Claim:
A method for simultaneous code division switching of groups of individual signals, comprising: receiving a plurality of inbound communication beams at a communication switch, wherein each beam carrying a plurality of inbound trunk groups, and each inbound trunk group carrying a plurality of individually encoded signals; processing each inbound beam to a frequency for switch processing; combining said processed beams into a summation signal; distributing each processed beam, carried by said summation signal, to a different one of a plurality of trunk processors; decoding one of said plurality of processed beams into at least one beam group and at least one trunk group, wherein said trunk group includes a plurality of individually encoded signals; applying a pre-determined trunk code to said plurality of individually encoded signals included within said decoded trunk group to obtain at least one outbound trunk group, wherein the trunk code is selected to isolate said outbound trunk group from any other outbound trunk groups; generating an outbound communication beam including a plurality of outbound trunk groups, wherein said outbound trunk groups are grouped based on a common destination parameter.