METHOD FOR PROVIDING DELAYS INDEPENDENT OF SWITCH SIZE IN A CROSSBAR SWITCH WITH SPEEDUP - Patent 1048151

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EP 1 048 151 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	02.11.2000 Bulletin 2000/44

(21)	Application number: 99903061.2

(22)	Date of filing: 12.01.1999

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: H04L 12/56, H04Q 11/04

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US9900/684

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 9935/792 (15.07.1999 Gazette 1999/28)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

12.01.1998 US 5740

(71)	Applicant: CABLETRON SYSTEMS, INC.
	Rochester, NH 03867 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	CHARNY, Anna Sudbury, MA 01776 (US) KRISHNA, Pattabhiraman Marlboro, MA 01752 (US) PATEL, Naimish N. Andover, MA 01845 (US) SIMCOE, Robert, J. Westboro, MA 01581 (US)

(74)	Representative: Driver, Virginia Rozanne et al
	Page White & Farrer54 Doughty Street London WC1N 2LS London WC1N 2LS (GB)

(54)	METHOD FOR PROVIDING DELAYS INDEPENDENT OF SWITCH SIZE IN A CROSSBAR SWITCH WITH SPEEDUP