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AssigneeSynOptics Communications, Inc.
InventorsDilip Chatwani, Rajan Subramanian
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An asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network or the like providing for formation of resource hunt groups. The hunt groups are formed by devices of the same class (e.g., servers such as multicast servers) by devices registering with a central management supervisor (also referred to herein as a hunt group manager) through communication of hunt group registration requests over the virtual service path of the switches to which devices are attached. The central management supervisor communicates with an acknowledgement message back to the requesting device, again over the virtual service path. After formation of a hunt group, devices requiring the services of a device registered in the hunt group can communicate a request for establishment of a communication path to the central management supervisor. The central management supervisor then establishes a communication path with an available one of the devices in the hunt group.
A network of devices, said network comprising:
A method of allowing registration in a hunt group in a network of devices, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of establishing a communication path in a network, said network comprising a first device for communicating messages and a group of comprising at least a second device and a third device, said second device and said third device offering the same general class of services, said network further comprising a hunt group manager for managing communication in said network, said first device, second device, third device and hunt group manager coupled in communication over communication medium, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of establishing a communication path in a network, said network comprising a first device for communicating messages and a group of comprising at least a second device and a third device, said second device and said third device providing the same general class of services, said network further comprising a hunt group manager for managing communication in said network, said first device, second device, third device and hunt group manager coupled in communication over communication medium, said method comprising the steps of:
A method of establishing a communication path in a data communications network, said network comprising a first device for communicating messages and a group of devices comprising at least a second device and a third device, said first device, second device and third device coupled in communication over communication medium, said method comprising the steps of:
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