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Method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network

US7720025B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

NEC CORPORATION · JP

Inventors

Eskindir Asmare · Heidelberg, DE
Marcus Brunner · Wuppertal, DE
Stefan Schmid · Waiblingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 2005
Grant date	May 18, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L45/26
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Method for searching services, resources and/or functionalities in a network wherein the network comprises a multitude of nodes to which routable network addresses are assigned, and wherein the services, resources and/or functionalities which are to be searched, are specified by a source node (Q) that is characterized in that a corresponding direction is specified within the network by at least one destination node (Z) and/or nodes near to the destination node (Z), by which a routing path is defined between the source node (Q) and the corresponding destination node (Z), and characterized in that only pre-configurable nodes near to the routing path between source node (Q) and destination node (Z) are included in the search.

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