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US 2003/0152087 A1Published application
Excess-port switch
OwnerTroy Alexander Shahoumian, John Wilkesinventors
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Abstract
An excess-port network switch includes a plurality of ports configured to receive and transmit data. The plurality of ports is adapted to have a configured throughput. The excess-port network switch also includes a switch fabric configured to route data between the plurality of ports, where the switch fabric is also configured to have a predetermined throughput being less than the total configured throughput of the plurality of ports.
Claims18
An excess-port network switch comprising:
- a plurality of ports configured to receive and transmit data, wherein each port is adapted to have a respective configured throughput;
- and
- a switch fabric configured to route said data between said plurality of ports and also configured to have a predetermined throughput, wherein said predetermined throughput is less than a total of said respective configured throughputs of said plurality of ports.
An excess-port network switch comprising:
- a plurality of ports configured to receive and transmit data, wherein each port of said plurality of ports has a respective projected throughput;
- and
- a switch fabric configured to route said data between said plurality of ports and configured to have a predetermined throughput, wherein said predetermined throughput is less than a total of said respective projected throughputs of said plurality of ports.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.