US PATENT SUBCLASS 370 / 396
.~.~.~ Distributed switching

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370 /   HD   MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATIONS

351  DF  PATHFINDING OR ROUTING {5}
389  DF  .~ Switching a message which includes an address header {11}
395  DF  .~.~ Message transmitted using regularly occurring fixed length time intervals (e.g., ATM) {2}
396.~.~.~ Distributed switching {1}
397  DF  .~.~.~.~> Employing logical addressing for routing (e.g., VP or VC)

DEFINITION

Classification: 370/396

Distributed switching:

(under subclass 395) Subject matter wherein the routing of a message from a source to a destination is performed by a plurality of nodes which share the control of switching and routing functions of the network.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

400+, for non-ATM packet distributed switching.