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US 2003/0198213 A1Published application
Communications networks
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsBruce Jensen, Peter Bladon, Thomas S Maddern, Geoffrey Chopping
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AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsBruce Jensen, Peter Bladon, Thomas S Maddern, Geoffrey Chopping
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In a partially interconnected topological network having at least six Topological Nodes, a Topological Node being a single Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodes or part of a Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodes and parts of Physical Nodes, each Topological Node having at least three point-to-point Topological Links connecting it to some but not all of the plurality of Topological Nodes and there being at least one Choice of routing between any two Topological Nodes, where a Choice of routing is either two point-to-point Topological Links connected in series at another of the Topological Nodes or a direct point-to-point Topological Link between the two Topological Nodes.
A partially interconnected topological network comprising at least six Topological Nodes, wherein a Topological Node is a single Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodes or part of a Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodes and parts of Physical Nodes, each Topological Node having at least three point-to-point Topological Links connecting it to some but not all of the plurality of Topological Nodes and where there is at least one Choice of routing between any two Topological Nodes and where a Choice of routing comprises either two point-to-point Topological Links connected in series at another of the Topological Nodes or a direct point-to-point Topological Link between the two Topological Nodes.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim where a transmission system carries multiple circuits.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the topological network is arranged by the application of symmetric Balanced Incomplete Block Designs, in which for every point-to-point Topological link between two nodes A and B there is a corresponding point-to-point Topological Link between B and A and in which no Topological Node is connected to itself by an external loop.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the topological network is arranged by the application of Strongly Regular Graphs.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein P groups of Q Topological Nodes are arranged so that each Topological Node within a group is connected to every other Topological Node within that group and to exactly one Topological Node in every other of the P−1 groups where P and Q are greater than two and P is not equal to Q.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim wherein the topological network is arranged by the application of symmetric Balanced Incomplete Block Designs which for every point-to-point Topological link between two nodes A and B there is a corresponding point-to-point Topological Link between B and A and in which any external loops connecting a Topological Node to itself are deleted.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim, where no Topological Node is connected to itself by an external loop.
A partially interconnected topological network as claimed in any preceding claim, wherein the partially interconnected topological network is a telecommunications and/or data network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.