METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A SWITCHING NETWORK

摘要

Method and device for controlling a TST-switching network. The control device (5) controls the network in such a way that in one frame period in each of the lambda internal time slots the (n x n)-switching matrix (6) is set according to the switching pattern of an (n x n)-permutation matrix, so that in each time slot always n switching paths between the input buffer (3 or 4) and the output buffer (7 or 8) are set up in parallel. Consequently, the network is free from blockings for at most n x lambda switching paths.