SMPTE Journal ( Volume: 100, Issue: 12, December 1991)
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Multistage Distribution Switching Systems: Clos and Beyond
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- Publisher
- SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
- Doc Type
- Journal Article
- Content Type
- Original Research
- Abbreviated Title
- SMPTE J
- Volume
- 100, No. 12, pp. 946–954
- Abstract
- The average size of distribution switchers in television facilities is growing larger each year. In 1953, Charles Clos published a landmark technical paper concerning nonblocking multistage switching techniques, explaining how to reduce the number of crosspoints when compared to a standard switcher. Since that time, multistage switching systems have been proposed and used by several companies in the television industry. This article discusses the basic principles of multistage switching and the problem of blocking in television systems. It explains the causes of blockage, shows statistical results demonstrating the amount that may occur, and discusses ways to deal with these issues.
- Publication Date
- 1991-12-01
- DOI
10.5594/J02378- ISSN
- Print:
0036-1682 - Link
- https://doi.org/10.5594/J02378
- Author(s)
- Marc S. WalkerBTS, Broadcast Television Systems, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT 84119.
- Copyright
- © 1991 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.
Bibliographic Reference(s)
- 1. Clos C. , “A Study of Non-Blocking Switching Networks,” Bell System Technical J. , pp. 406 – 424 , March 1953 . EXTERNAL
- 2. Cantor D. G. , “On Non-Blocking Switching Networks,” Networks , pp. 367 – 377 , John Wiley & Sons Inc. , 1972 . EXTERNAL
- 3. Benes V. E. , Mathematical Theory of Connecting Networks and Telephone Traffic , pp. 88 – 89 , Academic Press , 1965 . EXTERNAL
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