摘要 |
A packet switch includes an ingress unit configured to divide packet data into a plurality of segments, and allocate each of segments to any one of a plurality of links, a switching fabric unit configured to include a plurality of switches, each of switches switching the segments to the links in accordance with destinations of the segments, respectively, and an egress unit configured to receive the segments, and reconstruct the segments in the packet data, wherein the ingress unit transmits the segments to the links on which no back pressure signal is transferred and another link on which the back pressure signal is transferred and on which the segment have not been transmitted in specific period, based on a back pressure signal supplied from each of switches and a transmission flag indicating whether or not the segment have been transmitted to the links. |