Chapter 13. Networks in Switch Fabrics
A switch fabric is the core switching engine in switching devices as routers. Chapter 3 presented an overview of switching devices. This chapter analyzes this core segment of such devices and introduces several topologies for switching networks.
This chapter explores the following topics:
• Characteristics and features of switch fabrics
• Concentration and expansion switches
• Shared-memory switch fabrics
• Techniques for improving performance
• Case study multipath buffered crossbar
We begin by classifying characteristics of switching networks and presenting features and definitions of switch fabrics. Crossbar switches are ...
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