Deep fusing of clos star networks to form a global contiguous web

A contiguous network comprising:

• a plurality of access nodes arranged into Π bands, each band comprising Ω groups, each group comprising a respective number of access nodes, Π>4, Ω>2, said each band arranged into:
• a first arrangement of Ω type-1 formations each comprising Ω identical type-1 sets of access nodes of a respective group;
• and
• a second arrangement of Ω type-2 formations each comprising Ω type-2 sets of access nodes, each type-2 set comprising one access node of each group of said each band selected so that:
• the type-2 sets of each type-2 formation are disjoint;
• and
• each type-2 set of each type-2 formation is orthogonal to each type-2 set of each other type-2 formation, having at most a predefined number of common access node;
• and
• a plurality of distributors arranged into a plurality of constellations, each constellation comprising Ω2 distributors;
• each pair of bands connecting to a respective constellation so that each type-1 set of each type-1 formation of one band and a respective type-2 set of a respective type-2 formation of other-band of said each pair connect to a respective distributor of said respective constellation;
• wherein said each band connects according to said first arrangement to at least one constellation and at most (Π−2) constellations;
• thereby, the network provides multiple parallel single-hop paths for each pair of access nodes belonging to a same band and one single-hop path for each pair of access nodes belonging to different bands.