公开(公告)号：DE69638095D1

公开(公告)日：2010-01-21

申请号：DE69638095

申请日：1996-07-09

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： COLMANT MICHEL ,  ENGBERSEN ANTONIUS P ,  HEDDES MARCO ,  VAN WEERT MARINUS J

IPC: H04Q3/00 ,  H04Q11/04 ,  H04L12/54 ,  H04L12/70 ,  H04L12/933

Abstract: PCT No. PCT/IB96/00658 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 13, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 13, 1998 PCT Filed Jul. 9, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO98/02013 PCT Pub. Date Jan. 15, 1998The invention relates to a switching device which transports data packets from input ports to selected output ports. The payload of the packets is stored in a storage means. A switching means is arranged which has more switch outputs than switch inputs and which switches sequentially between one switch input and several switch outputs while storing the payloads. Furthermore, the invention relates to a storing method which uses switching means to store payloads in a sequential order and to a switching apparatus comprising several switching devices. Furthermore, the invention relates to systems using the switching device as a scaleable module.