SWITCHING ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD WITH SEPARATED OUTPUT BUFFERS

摘要

Discloses a switching arrangement for packets of data, with several input ports and several output ports and which is determined for the transportation of incoming packets to one or more designated of the output ports and from there to a subsequent device. More particularly it relates to a switching arrangement and method wherein for each input port a set of output buffers is arranged, each set comprising an output buffer for each output port.