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Communication arrangement and method for the evaluation of at least tow multi-part communication connections between two parties to a communication in a multi-node network

US5822301A · kind A · utility

21Cited by

5References

15Claims

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Wolfgang Arnold · Murrhardt, DE
Johannes Hellendoorn · Munich, DE
Rudolf Seising · Munich, DE
Christoph Thomas · Taufkirchen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 5, 1996
Grant date	Oct 13, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/123
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method and arrangement evaluates communication connections in multi-node networks. Two possible lines are thereby evaluated with fuzzy logic with respect to their performance, their time behavior and their dependability aspects. The intermediate variables derive therefrom which are processed with a principal rule set to form a weighting factor for the respective line. A routing method that is to define the shortest path for a communication connection employs this weighting factor in order to determine the corresponding connection. The method and arrangement especially beneficially realized in a multi-node network.

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