Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus
High-speed packet switching system
 A switching system which comprises an initial stage including the plurality of first switch devices and in which respective input terminals of the plurality of first switch devices are connected in common to corresponding one incoming highway, and each first switch device selectively delivers to its output terminal an inputted packet in accordance with routing information of the packet so that packets of different outgoing highway numbers are delivered out of the output terminals of the respective first switch devices, and a final stage including the plurality of second switch devices and in which each output terminal of the respective second switch devices is connected to corresponding one outgoing highway, and respective input terminals of a particular second switch device are connected to respective output terminals of the first switch devices which deliver outgoing highways of the same numbers as those of outgoing highways connected to the particular second switch device. 
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Takahiko Shirou Yoshito
Kozaki Tanabe Sakurai