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Distribution of communications between paths

US7406091B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 12, 2004
Grant dateJul 29, 2008
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2026

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L45/243
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Distributing communications between paths, comprises providing a plurality of destinations, providing a plurality of communications paths such that each of the plurality of destinations can be accessed over each of the plurality of communications paths, defining destination addresses interleaved over the plurality of destinations, sending communications from a source to a plurality of the interleaved addresses, and selecting different ones of the plurality of paths for successive communications that are sent to addresses on different destinations, wherein the path for a communication is selected using at least a part of the address of the communication.

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