公开(公告)号：US10218538B1

公开(公告)日：2019-02-26

申请号：US14168245

申请日：2014-01-30

Applicant: Google LLC

Inventor： Peter Michael Klausler ,  Angela Chen ,  Michael Roger Marty ,  Philip Michael Wells ,  Adi Avidor

IPC: H04L12/64 ,  H04L12/24

Abstract: The expansion of a network by converting the network from a 2-stage folded Clos network to a 3-stage folded Clos network can be cost prohibitive. The system and methods described herein relate to a hybrid network topology. More particularly, the disclosure describes a hybrid topology having internal switches configured in a multidimensional topology configuration. Each of the internal switches are connected to the network hosts with a folded Clos topology.