Michael L Anthony

US Patent:

6856600, Feb 15, 2005

Filed:

Jan 4, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/477217

Inventors:

Ronald Alan Russell - Allen TX, US
Michael Kevin Anthony - Little Elm TX, US

Assignee:

Cisco Technology, Inc. - San Jose CA

International Classification:

G06F011/00

US Classification:

370244, 370217, 370225, 398 6, 398 10

Abstract:

A signal router is described. The signal router includes a switching matrix, an error detector and a controller. The switching matrix includes a first number of inputs and a second number of outputs, and is configured to receive an information stream. The error detector is coupled to one of the second number of outputs, and is configured to generate error information by virtue of being configured to detect errors in the information stream. Likewise, the controller is coupled to the switching matrix and error detector. The controller is configured to select one of the first number of inputs, receive error information from the error detector, and configure the switching matrix to couple the selected input to one of the outputs.