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US 12,289,252 B2Granted
Networking apparatus and a method for networking
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorMatthew Chapman
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Abstract
Disclosed is networking apparatus comprising: a plurality of communications ports that interface with external computing systems to channel physical layer signals; a dynamic routing module that interconnects communication ports with discrete reconfigurable data conduits, each of the data conduits defining a transmission pathway between the communications ports for physical layer signals. Each of the plurality of communication ports is paired with a receiver module which is adapted to process incoming data received at the communication port.
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A networking apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of communication ports that interface with external computing systems to channel physical layer signals;
- a dynamic routing module that interconnects communication ports with discrete reconfigurable data conduits, each of the data conduits defining a transmission pathway between the communication ports for physical layer signals;
- each of the plurality of communication ports being paired with a corresponding receiver module which is adapted to process incoming data received at an associated communication port, each receiver module including a plurality of matching blocks each paired with a corresponding communication port, each matching block configured to process the incoming data at a higher level than a physical layer;
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- a control block in connection with each matching block, the control block adapted to extract physical layer information from processed data obtained from a respective matching block, and to reconfigure the data conduits to select the transmission pathway according to the physical layer information.
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A networking method comprising:
- receiving incoming data at a communication port of a plurality of communication ports in a networking apparatus to interface with external computing systems to channel physical layer signals, each of the plurality of communication ports being paired with a corresponding receiver module which is adapted to process incoming data received at an associated communication port, each receiver module including a plurality of matching blocks each paired with a corresponding communication port;
- interconnecting communication ports with discrete reconfigurable data conduits, each of the data conduits defining a transmission pathway between the communication ports for physical layer signals;
- each matching block processing the incoming data at a higher level than a physical layer;
- extracting, with a control block in connection with each matching block, physical layer information from processed data obtained from a respective matching block;
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- reconfiguring the data conduits to select the transmission pathway according to the physical layer information.
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A system comprising:
- a networking apparatus with a plurality of communication ports and a dynamic routing module that reconfigurably interconnects communications ports with a plurality of discrete data conduits, each of the plurality of communication ports being paired with a corresponding receiver module which is adapted to process an incoming data received at the communication port, to select a transmission pathway in a physical layer for the incoming data, each receiver module including a plurality of matching blocks each paired with a corresponding communication port, each matching block configured to process the incoming data at a higher level than a physical layer, and a control block in connection with each matching block, the control block adapted to extract physical layer information from processed data obtained from a respective matching block, and to reconfigure the data conduits to select the transmission pathway according to the physical layer information;
- a broadcast server that disseminates information, the broadcast server being interfaced with a service port of the communication ports of the networking apparatus;
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- a plurality of client computing systems that receive information from the broadcast server, the client computing systems being interfaced to client communication ports of the networking apparatus,
- wherein the plurality of discrete data conduits define transmission pathways between the service port and the client communication ports to facilitate transmission of physical layer signals.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.