Self-routing multipath switching network for switching cells in the asynchronous transfer mode.

switching network self-routing and multipath for switching asynchronous time division multiplex cells comprising input ports (IP1, ... pi64), output ports (PO1, po64 ...), switches ( TSi1, TSi16 ...) arranged in several stages of interconnected switches, each switch having inputs and outputs and being arranged to transfer a cell received on one of its inputs to one or more of its outputs, depending on routing data associated with said cell. Each switching element of at least one stage of the network has at least three outputs, outputs arranged in groups of one or more specific outputs. In routing data function associated with a packet received on any of its inputs, the switch (TSi1, TSi16 ...) is arranged to identify a set of one or more of said groups of outlets and to transfer said cell received at an output of each group of outputs of the selected set.