INTEGRATED NETWORK SWITCH WITH VARIABLE FUNCTIONS

摘要

An integrated switch with ports for connection to peripheral devices and switching apparatus for selective switching in frame formats between ports, each port occupying a fixed timeslot. The signals are in full or half-fulf format. Each time slot has a memory address in a multi-fram information memory with memory cells at memory locations. A writer pointer designates a memory location. The port arranged in groups associated with a peripheral devices. A plurality of processors associated with a system having a backplane with mutiple groups.