A network box is described. In one embodiment, the network box comprises multiple card slots. Each of the slots has multiple ports. The network box also includes a full mesh interconnect backplane coupling each of the cards slots to each other using point-to-point serial links. The network box includes...http://www.google.fr/patents/US6754757?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US6754757 - Full mesh interconnect backplane architecture