A SWITCHING DEVICE

摘要

The present invention relates to a switching device (A, B) for use in a switched telephone communications system (1) which is configured to interconnect communications devices (2, 3, 4, 5) coupled thereto. The switching device includes a number of interconnectable ports (10, 11, 12, 13, 14), a store (A) for storing routing information indicating the communications devices (2, 3, 4, 5) which are coupled to the ports and a processor (16) for controlling the interconnection of the ports.