Techniques and systems for logical mesh networks
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRAZ WEIZMAN, NOAM S. BROUSARD
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described wherein a set of devices are configured to be a logical mesh network. Each device has a logical mesh network address. Further, the set of logical mesh network addresses form a sequence from a first address to a last address, and intermediate addresses having both a preceding and a next address. The devices store forwarding information used to determine how to forward a received logical mesh network packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims24
An apparatus comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware or firmware, the logic to comprise a logical connection manager for a first device to manage logical connections with a set of devices, the logical connection manager to comprise:
- addressing logic to determine a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices;
- a master interface to connect to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address;
- and
- a slave interface to connect to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address.
A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which when executed enable a first device in a set of a devices to:
- determine a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices;
- connect by a master interface, to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address;
- and
- connect by a slave interface, to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address.
A machine-implemented method for a first device in a set of devices, comprising:
- determining a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices;
- connecting, by a master interface, to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address;
- and
- connecting, by a slave interface, to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.