CHASSIS SWITCH USING DISTRIBUTED BACKPLANE TO INTERCONNECT LINE CARDS

    公开(公告)号:US20170188480A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-06-29

    申请号:US15181456

    申请日:2016-06-14

    CPC classification number: H04Q1/15 H04Q1/00

    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a chassis switch, which comprises a chassis for accommodating a designated number of line cards therein; a backplane installed on the back side of the chassis and having a plurality of connectors disposed thereon; at least one line card plugged into one of the connectors corresponding thereto via a front side of the chassis and each having an access switch chip adapted to switch local network signals and an interconnect switch chip adapted to switch the signals between ports of the at least one line card; and a loop adapted to connect the corresponding ports of the access switch chip and the interconnect switch chip respectively through the connectors, so as to enable each line card plugged into the chassis switch to perform a local network switching function and a switching function between the at least one line card.

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