SwXtch Gets Switching Patent

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- SwXtch, Inc. has been awarded a U.S. Patent Notice of Allowance for its pioneering invention of "Layer 1 Packet Switching." "This invention is a significant breakthrough because it finally solves the 'Real-Time Internet Problem,' which has plagued the 'Net for years," said Wayne Howe, President and Founder of SwXtch. "It guarantees full-motion full- screen TV-quality video, voice, gaming, etc. in real-time over IP networks." "This capability was impossible before now, because today's IP [Internet Protocol] networks can congest, delay, and even throw away packets. Layer 1 Packet Switching totally eliminates this congestion, delay, and loss by using time reservations for the real-time packets. This guarantees that the real- time packets cut through the network in the fastest possible time. Real-time Layer 1 packets can cut through totally congested networks, data storms, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) hacker attacks, etc.," said Howe. Non-real-time Layer 2 and Layer 3 packets (like e-mail) are stuffed in between the time scheduled real-time packets. So the entire system is extremely efficient, reliable, scalable, and cost-effective. It achieves up to 10X improvement in throughput and bandwidth utilization, while network efficiency can increase to an astounding 80 to 90%! "It's an inflection point technology," said Howe. "It greatly reduces network over-engineering, so it can reduce costs of routers, switches, and even line bandwidth! "SwXtch technology enables simple start-stop time-billing for premium services, while today's IP networks must examine and record every single packet header for billing purposes. The technology can increase security with real-time guarantees on totally encrypted packets, including encrypted headers! It also can enable pure-optical (O-O-O) packet switching for real- time packets based on time scheduling! This reduces optical-to-electrical (O-E-O) conversion costs. The benefits are phenomenal. They are unheard of in today's Layer 2/3 IP networks!" added Howe. SwXtch Inc.