US PATENT SUBCLASS 370 / 389
.~ Switching a message which includes an address header

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351  DF  PATHFINDING OR ROUTING {5}
389.~ Switching a message which includes an address header {11}
390  DF  .~.~> Replicate messages for multiple destination distribution
391  DF  .~.~> Switching input signals having different aggregate bit rates
392  DF  .~.~> Processing of address header for routing, per se {1}
394  DF  .~.~> Sequencing or resequencing of packets to insure proper output sequence order
395  DF  .~.~> Message transmitted using regularly occurring fixed length time intervals (e.g., ATM) {2}
400  DF  .~.~> Having a plurality of nodes performing distributed switching {6}
411  DF  .~.~> Including sorting and merging networks
412  DF  .~.~> Queuing arrangement {3}
419  DF  .~.~> Input or output circuit, per se (i.e., line interface) {1}
422  DF  .~.~> Centralized switching {3}
427  DF  .~.~> Space switching

DEFINITION

Classification: 370/389

Switching a message which includes an address header (e.g., packet switching):

(under subclass 351) Subject matter wherein information data to be switched is organized with one or more bytes preceded by an identification information indicative of a source or destination station.

(1) Note. The switching of the message having an address header is commonly called packet switching.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

473, and 474, for handling of packet data other than switching.