N-way serial-channel interconnect
AssigneeLightfleet Corporation
InventorWilliam Benjamin Dress
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are described for an n-Way, Serial-Channel interconnect. An apparatus includes a communications network interconnect including an input layer including a plurality of input channels; a multicast channel branching fabric coupled to the input layer; and a modular output layer coupled to the multicast channel branching fabric layer, the modular output layer including a plurality of individual serial data channels; and a plurality of sets of endpoints, each set of endpoints coupled to one of the plurality of individual serial data channels.
Claims19
An apparatus, comprising a communications network interconnect including
- an input layer including a plurality of input channels;
- a multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer coupled to the input layer, wherein the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer is coupled to the input layer by subdividing an information carrier from the input layer to the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer;
- and
- a modular output layer coupled to the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer, the modular output layer including
- a plurality of individual serial data channels;
- and
- a plurality of sets of endpoints, each set of endpoints coupled to one of the plurality of individual serial data channels,
- wherein there is no routing or path selection within the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer and
- wherein there is no message queuing or buffers within the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer.
A method, comprising:
- inputting a signal into an input layer that includes a plurality of input channels;
- multicasting the signal through a multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer that is coupled to the input layer, wherein the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer is coupled to the input layer by subdividing an information carrier from the input layer to the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer;
- and
- outputting the signal through a modular output layer that is coupled to the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer,
- wherein outputting includes
- conveying the signal through a plurality of individual serial data channels;
- and
- sending the signal to a plurality of sets of endpoints, each set of endpoints coupled to one of the plurality of individual serial data channels,
- wherein there is no routing or path selection within the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer and
- wherein there is no message queuing or buffers within the multicast channel branching switchless fabric layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.