Cascaded Streaming of Data Through Virtual Chain of Nodes in Hub Topology
AssigneeDelphax Technologies Canada, Ltd.
InventorRazvan Daniel Niea
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Abstract
A method for transmitting a data file to multiple nodes in a network includes logically ordering a set of nodes connected to a switch in a hub topology to form a virtual chain of nodes and cascading a stream of data packets representing the data file from an originating node to a final node in the virtual chain of nodes. A network includes a switch and a set of nodes communicatively coupled to the switch in a hub topology, the plurality of nodes configured to form a virtual chain of nodes in a logical order, and to cascade a stream of data packets representing a data file from an originating node to a final node in the virtual chain of nodes.
Claims24
A method for transmitting a data file to multiple nodes in a network, the method comprising:
- logically ordering a set of nodes connected to a switch in a hub topology to form a virtual chain of nodes;
- and
- cascading a stream of data packets representing the data file through the virtual chain of nodes.
A network comprising:
- a switch;
- and
- a set of nodes communicatively coupled to the switch in a hub topology, the set of nodes configured to form a virtual chain of nodes in a logical order, and to cascade a stream of data packets representing a data file through the virtual chain of nodes.
A node comprising:
- an internal component;
- and
- a duplex network interface coupleable to a corresponding port of a switch, wherein the duplex network interface is configured to participate in a cascading of a stream of data packets representing a data file from an originating node to a final node in a virtual chain of nodes represented by a logical ordering of a set of nodes coupled to the switch in a hub topology, the set of nodes comprising the node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.