| 摘要 |
Embodiments of the disclosure relate to increasing radixes of digital data switches and communications switches, and related components and methods. In one embodiment, a gearbox transfers a plurality of high bandwidth signals between a communications switch and a plurality of devices. The gearbox is configured to combine one or more groups of uplink component signals into one or more respective uplink combined signals, and transmit each combined signal to the communications switch. Each uplink component signal is combined into only one of the at least one respective downlink combined signal to ensure that no individual uplink component signal is divided between multiple uplink combined signals, thereby simplifying the process of combining the uplink component signals and dividing the uplink combined signals. The communications switch is then configured to divide each uplink combined signal back into its respective uplink component signals. |
