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US 2003/0152114 A1Published application
Input-controllable dynamic cross-connect
OwnerMark Henrik Sandstrominventor
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A multiplexer capable of automatically and dynamically selecting a correct or the best input out of a pre-configurable set of alternative inputs, based on the current status of the alternative inputs. An input status-sensitive, dynamic, M-by-M digital cross-connect can be formed out of an arrangement of M (an integer) instances of such input-controllable dynamic M:1 multiplexers. An application is an SDH/SONET cross-connect system that is able to perform a protection-switch for any number, up to all, of its output paths, simultaneously, if necessary, thereby enabling a short and deterministic latency for individual-path-granular protection-switch process for cross-connects of unlimited capacity. Another application is an SDH/SONET path that can be dynamically shared, even at a single time-slot granularity, among multiple path sources. Such a multi-source-bus configuration of an SDH/SONET path enables allocating network resources dynamically based on the real-time capacity demand patterns, thereby maximizing the network throughput for bursty data traffic.
A multiplexing process, involving a multiplexer that has a data output, a selector input, and at least two data inputs ports, with the selector input having a value, each data input port having an associated signal status, and the data input ports being identifiable by related port numbers,
A multiplexer system comprising a set of data inputs, a data output, and a set of select inputs comprising at least one select input, with an individual select input referred to as a selector, and the set of selectors collectively referred to as the alternative selectors,
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