APPLICATION AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION SWITCHING

摘要

Communication switching apparatus (10) for providing communication between a multiplicity of digital information processors (20), the apparatus including a plurality of ports (60) each communicating with at least one of the multiplicity of digital information processors (20), and a port interconnector (70) operative to provide communication between more than one pair of ports (60) from among the plurality of ports (60), characterized in that, when an overflow of information is caused at the port interconnector (70) or at one of the plurality of ports (60), an overflow indication is provided to the digital information processors (20) which communicate with the port interconnector (70) or with the overflowed one of the plurality of ports (60).