A switch that has a plurality of inputs in which cells are received at these inputs. Each cell received at the inputs of the switch contain routing information. A routing means is employed to route the cells received at the inputs of the switch to outputs using routing information in which a number of...http://www.google.de/patents/US6026092?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6026092 - High performance fault tolerant switching system for multimedia satellite and terrestrial communications networks
