Abstract

Self-routing switching architectures can reduce the propagation delay of data through a switching network. In the self-routing process, the data is encoded with a destination address which accompanies it through the switching network. This destination address may be contained in each bit, or in the packet header. Each switching node processes this destination information to route the data through the switch. Propagation delay is reduced by processing the destination address in real time, rather than prior to transmission.

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