Patent ID: 8621111

Claim:
A method of providing scalability in a data transmission network, comprising: providing at least a first tier and a second tier of network devices, each network device capable of receiving and transmitting data; and connecting the network devices of the first tier to a first group of network connectors of a network transpose box and the network devices of the second tier to a second group of network connectors of the network transpose box, at least a portion of the first group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the second group of network connectors using a meshing of communication media, at least a portion of the second group of network connectors each being connected to two or more of the first group of network connectors using the meshing, the meshing of communication media implementing a selected network topology for connecting the network devices of the first and second tiers, each of the first tier of network devices connected to one of the first group of network connectors using a single network cable and each of the second tier of network devices connected to one of the second group of network connectors using a single network cable, wherein a number of the network devices of the first tier is less than a number of the network connections of the first group and a number of the network devices of the second tier is less than a number of the network connections of the second group, and wherein additional network devices are able to be added to the data transmission network using an available connection of the first or second group of network connectors of the network transpose box without having to move any of already-connected network cables.