Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hierarchical network with active redundant links
- Patent Title (中): 具有主动冗余链路的分层网络
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Application No.: US13754441Application Date: 2013-01-30
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Publication No.: US09036465B2Publication Date: 2015-05-19
- Inventor: Graeme K Campbell
- Applicant: Allied Telesis Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: ALLIED TELESIS HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Main IPC: H04L12/24
- IPC: H04L12/24 ; H04L12/715 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/703

Abstract:
A hierarchical structure network of devices is formed. A group of devices may be grouped together to form a domain. A plurality of domains formed in a hierarchical structure forms a hierarchical network. Traffic flow topology may be updated only within the same domain that topology changes. In one embodiment, traffic flow topology is updated only in a parent domain and a child domain when the status of a link connecting the two domain changes. Thus, other domains within the network have no need to update the traffic flow topology and remain agnostic to the traffic flow updates. Thus, responsiveness of the network to topology changes is improved. Multiple links may each carry traffic if multiple links exist between nodes. As such, a network of robust redundant interconnections with active links is formed that react quickly to network topology changes and that uses the interconnection links in an efficient manner.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140036661A1 HIERARCHICAL NETWORK WITH ACTIVE REDUNDANT LINKS Public/Granted day:2014-02-06
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