Method of reliably communicating via computer network
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Director, National Security Agency
InventorsJonathan M. Hsieh, Thomas Lotze
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Abstract
A method of reliably communicating via a computer network by identifying hub nodes in the network, identifying leaf nodes in the network, communicating from hub nodes to corresponding leaf nodes, reporting from leaf nodes to corresponding hub nodes, communicating between hub nodes, re-designating a leaf node as a hub node if the leaf node identifies a region of the network not known by a hub node, re-designating a hub node as a leaf node if the hub node becomes redundant, re-designating a leaf node as a hub node if the leaf node loses connectivity to its hub node, and returning to the third step for additional processing.
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A method of reliably communicating via a computer network, comprising the steps of:
- a) identifying hub nodes in the network;
- b) identifying leaf nodes in the network;
- c) communicating from hub nodes to corresponding leaf nodes;
- d) reporting from leaf nodes to corresponding hub nodes;
- e) communicating between hub nodes;
- f) if leaf node identifies a region of the network not known by a hub node then re-designating leaf node as a hub node;
- g) if a hub node becomes redundant then re-designating hub node as a leaf node;
- h) if leaf node loses connectivity to its hub node then re-designating the leaf node as a hub node;
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- i) returning to step (c) for additional processing.
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