Peer communication channel partitioning
US7676541B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 30, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/4552
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Communication channels are partitioned among active nodes in an unbounded computing space. A node may register with a discovery system to obtain an address window (that may correspond to a range of IP addresses). The node communicates only with nodes in accordance with the address window. Even though a partition corresponds to a subset of the nodes in the unbounded computing space, the partition overlaps with partitions of other nodes so that all nodes may interact with each other, either directly or indirectly. Because a node may be cognizant of a small subset of active nodes in the unbounded computing space, both security and scalability are supported.
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