| US 7,602,777 B2 | ||
| Cascaded connection matrices in a distributed cross-connection system | ||
| Michael Ho, 4318 Union Street, Burnaby, BC, V5C 2X6 (Canada); Miriam Qunell, 1077 Collingwood, Naperville, Ill. 60540 (US); and Jean-Michel Cala, 630 Athens St., San Francisco, Calif. 94112 (US) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 17, 2004, as Appl. No. 11/16,197. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0133366 A1, Jun. 22, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—389 [370/539; 370/541] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A cross connect arrangement used to connect a plurality of components in a communication network, comprising:
a high order termination and adaptation path coupled to transmit and receive high order data and terminate and adapt components
of said high order data;
a low order termination and adaptation path coupled to transmit and receive low order data and terminate and adapt components
of said low order data;
a low order path monitor configured to monitor the low order termination and adaptation path for any absence of appropriate
low order data; and
an interconnection with the plurality of components,
wherein said cross connect arrangement uniformly addresses high order data processing and low order data processing.
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