Patent ID: 7558257

Claim:
An information switch for implementing information switching matches comprising: a management system; and a core switching system; wherein the core switching system comprises an information bus which is an interface between the information switch and peripherals, a switching module, and a switching management module, which are used for implementing the switching of a unique format information packet, said unique format information packet comprising an i-SML (information-service mark language) format information packet, wherein the header of the i-SML format information packet comprises a source information address, a destination information address, an information type and an information sequence number; wherein the management system is connected with the core switching system via the information bus to perform system management; and wherein the information bus is comprised of an information input/output interface and a data communication channel, and the information bus is further comprised of an access bus connecting with an external device access gateway, a service bus connecting with an external service gateway, and a management bus connecting with the management system.