MULTI-SERVICE SWITCH FOR A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

摘要

A multi-service switch for a telecommunications network (10) is provided. A system bus (13) has an ingress portion (14) and an egress portion (16). The system bus (13) is operable to carry data in a plurality of time slots. A system bus control (11) comprises a head-of-bus control (12). An output of the head-of-bus control is coupled to the ingress portion (14). The system bus control (11) also comprises a tail-of-bus control (15) coupled to head-of-bus control (12). The tail-of-bus control (15) is operable to receive data from the egress portion (16). A plurality of interface modules (28) each have an input and an output, coupled, respectively, to the egress portion (16) and ingress portion (14). An ingress/egress bridge (18) couples to the ingress (14) and egress (16) portions of the system bus (13).