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Determining and configuring a communication path in a network

US8605623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Ian Simmons · Lisle, US
David Woolgar · Horsham, GB
Norbert Eigeldinger · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Rainer Zwing · Villingen-Schwenningen, DE
Paul Daniel Wolf · Redwood City, US

Key dates

Filing date	May 31, 2002
Grant date	Dec 10, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 13, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L2012/2849
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed to determine the topology of a network comprising a master node and one or more slave nodes interconnected using unidirectional data connections. The master node makes available data to succeeding nodes, and a slave node reads data from a preceding node, the read data comprising information of a path from master node to the slave node. A further method is disclosed to configure the path by sending data from the slave node to all nodes on the path via bi-directional data connections between nodes.

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