Systems and methods for programming connections through a multi-stage switch fabric with blocking recovery, background rebalancing, and rollback

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8649370
APP PUB NO 20080285449A1
SERIAL NO

11749829

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The present invention provides systems and methods for programming connections through a multi-stage switch fabric. The present invention utilizes load-balancing, blocking recovery, background rebalancing, and rollback algorithms to select and manage connection balance on center stage switches in the multi-stage switch fabric for new and modified connections. The load-balancing algorithm attempts to spread the multi-connection slices across center stage switches as evenly as possible, to increase the probability that future multi-connection slices can be added without needing to rearrange existing slices. Advantageously, the present invention is efficient by making the best possible local decision for one multi-connection slice at a time, without considering other multi-connection slices that may also need center switch assignments. Additionally blocking recovery, rollback and background rebalancing features are also supported.

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  • CIENA CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Aluri, Neena Alpharetta, US 6 159
Bjelcevic, Goran Roswell, US 2 98
Gopalakrishna, Satish Mysore Alpharetta, US 2 99
Larsson, Gustav Karl Sunnyvale, US 3 110

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