Patent ID: 7254039

Claim:
A multi-service platform system, comprising: a 3U computer chassis having a plurality of 3U slots; a backplane integrated in the 3U computer chassis; a switched fabric on the backplane; at least one of a VMEbus network and a PCI network coincident with the switched fabric on the backplane; a payload module having a 3U form factor, wherein the payload module is coupled to interface with one of the plurality of 3U slots, and wherein the payload module is communicatively coupled with the backplane using the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network; and at least one multi-gigabit connector coupled to a rear edge of the payload module, wherein the at least one multi-gigabit connector is coupled to communicatively interface the payload module to the backplane, and wherein the switched fabric and at least one of the VMEbus network and the PCI network are communicatively coupled with the payload module through the at least one multi-gigabit connector.