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Method for operating a distributed communications network

US8724640B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Christoph Gerdes · Birkenfeld, DE
Claus Kern · Altdorf, DE
Christian Kleegrewe · Unterschleißheim, DE
Sebnem Rusitschka · Birkenfeld, DE
Alan Southall · Birkenfeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 27, 2008
Grant date	May 13, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 3, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/51
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for operating a dezentralized communication network with network nodes is provided. The method is based on protocols in conventional peer-to-peer networks. The method provides rapid searching of resources whereby each network node manages a table containing information regarding all the other network nodes, such that a network that contains the resource is immediately retrieved among the table entries. Furthermore, the table contains device names of technical components on which the network nodes are mapped, so that a technical component is directly addressed also via its device name without use of the search process.

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