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US 11,876,733 B2Granted
Communication network hopping architecture
AssigneeBedrock Automation Platforms Inc.
InventorsAlbert Rooyakkers, James G. Calvin
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Abstract
Communication network systems are disclosed. In one or more implementations, the communication network system includes a plurality of network devices. Each of the plurality of network devices incorporates one or more multi-port switches, where each multi-port switch includes a connection to the network device incorporating the multi-port switch and a connection to at least one other port of another multi-port switch incorporated by another respective one of the plurality of network devices.
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A communication network system, comprising:
- a first network device and a second network device;
- a first multi-port switch having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the first multi-port switch having a second port communicatively coupled to the second network device that defines a first connection between the first network device and the second network device;
- a second multi-port switch having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the second multi-port switch having a second port communicatively coupled to the second network device that defines a second connection between the first network device and the second network device, the second connection redundant to the first connection;
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- an interlink communicatively coupled directly to the first network device and the second network device, the interlink defines a third connection between the first network device and the second network device, the third connection redundant to the first connection and the second connection.
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A communication network system, comprising:
- a first network device and a second network device;
- a first multi-port switch having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the first multi-port switch having a second port communicatively coupled to the second network device that defines a first connection between the first network device and the second network device;
- a second multi-port switch having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the second multi-port switch having a second port communicatively coupled to the second network device that defines a second connection between the first network device and the second network device, the second connection redundant to the first connection, the second multi-port switch configured to communicatively couple directly to the first multi-port switch;
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- an interlink communicatively coupled directly to the first network device and the second network device, the interlink defines a third connection between the first network device and the second network device, the third connection redundant to the first connection and the second connection.
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A communication network system, comprising:
- a first network device and a second network device;
- a first multi-port switch of the first network device having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the first multi-port switch of the first network device having a second port communicatively coupled to a first multi-port switch of the second network device that defines a first connection between the first network device and the second network device;
- a second multi-port switch of the first network device having a first port communicatively coupled to the first network device, the second multi-port switch of the first network device having a second port communicatively coupled to a second multi-port switch of the second network device that defines a second connection between the first network device and the second network device, the second connection redundant to the first connection;
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- an interlink communicatively coupled directly to the first network device and the second network device, the interlink defines a third connection between the first network device and the second network device, the third connection redundant to the first connection and the second connection.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.