Appeal No. 96-3763
Application 07/946,509
Independent claim 17 and claim 20, which depends
therefrom, are reproduced as follows:
17. A switch network comprising:
a plurality of switch apparatuses cascaded into a
plurality of stages, said switch apparatuses each including a
plurality of switch inputs and a plurality of switch outputs,
of the switch outputs included on each of said switch appara-
tuses each coupled to a different one of the switch appara-
tuses via a switch input of said different one of the switch
apparatuses, switch outputs of last stage switch apparatuses
each comprising a network output port and switch inputs of
first stage switch apparatuses each comprising a network input
port; and
the network output ports each coupled to a network
input port through one of a plurality of nodes, each of said
nodes comprising means for receiving a data message from a
coupled network output port, and means for sending a data
message to a coupled network input port, said data message to
a coupled network input port including a path connection
request that identifies a destination network output port;
said switch apparatuses each further including:
connection means for establishing a point-to-point
communication path between any one of the network input ports
and any one of the network output ports in response to a
point-to-point connection request received at said any one of
the network input ports, said point-to-point communication
path for transmitting a data message received at said any one
of the network input ports to said any one of the network
output ports; and
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