Multiplex communications – Network configuration determination – In a bus system
Reexamination Certificate
2006-08-29
2006-08-29
Vu, Huy D. (Department: 2616)
Multiplex communications
Network configuration determination
In a bus system
C370S434000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07099287
ABSTRACT:
A novel and useful mechanism for detecting the nodes connected to a network device and for creating a ring network from the nodes detected thereby. The invention simplifies insertion, removal and modification of nodes in the ring by detecting and reconfiguring the ring without requiring intervention by a user. Identification information messages generated by network devices and sent out on all links and received over a plurality of ports are used in identifying and determining the connectivity and topology of the network devices. The resulting topology information is stored in a node database. The contents of the node database are then used to generate one or more ring networks, wherein each ring generated corresponds to a unique line speed. The connectivity of the one or more rings generated is stored in a ring database and the rings configured therefrom.
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Vu Huy D.
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