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Facilitating processing in a communications environment using stop signaling

US8880957B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Edward W. Chencinski · Poughkeepsie, US
Michael Jung · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Martin Rehm · Hessenhöfe, DE
Philip A. Sciuto · Blooming Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2012
Grant date	Nov 4, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L41/069
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Processing, such as debug and/or recovery processing, within a communications environment is facilitated. Responsive to detecting an event, a stop signal is propagated through a communications network of the communications environment, and each network element that receives the stop signal, transmits the signal to its neighbors (if any), and then performs an action depending on its specific programming. The action can be to take no action, perform a debugging action or perform a recovery action. The elements that receive the signal and perform the same action as other elements form a coordinated network providing a coordinated result.

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