System and method of implementing contacts of small worlds in packet communication networks
US7616632B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 15, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A small world infrastructure (SWI) of a general packet communications network and a method of determining, establishing and maintaining a hierarchical forwarding path (HFP) interconnecting communications units (CUs) of the small world infrastructure. The SWI includes a domain that has a given communication unit CU as a message packet source, a plurality of associated communications units each in direct contact with the given CU, and a plurality of HFPs each providing the direct contact between the given CU and one of the associated CUs, respectively. The method includes providing these communications units in which there are HFPs between first and second CUs and between the second and the third CUs, and a third HFP is constructed between the first and the third CUs.
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