| 摘要 |
The invention concerns a data packet switching unit (26) associated with a node (20) in a network (10) and having several input/output ports for the packets. The unit is characterised in that it has: a number n of intermediate ports (70, 80, 90, 100) disposed between input/output ports of a first (40, 50, 60) and second (C) type, a port of the second type being able to support an internal connection to the node (20), at least one storage means (72, 77) associated with each intermediate port, means (A) of transferring a packet between at least one so-called input port and at least one so-called output port and which uses at least one intermediate port and said at least one associated storage means. <IMAGE> |
