ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,712, issued on July 28, was assigned to NTT Inc. (Tokyo).
"Switch configuration, network system and control method" was invented by Manabu Yoshino (Musashino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a switch configuration including one or more first layer switches having first ports and second ports and one or more second layer switches, some of the first ports are connected to the second ports connected to the second layer switches, the second ports connected to the second layer switches are connected to the ports of the second layer switches, the ports of the second layer switches connected to the first layer switche...