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Method and device for managing a communication network

  • US 20020052944A1
  • Filed: 10/19/2001
  • Published: 05/02/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Method of managing a communication network comprising on the one hand a sub-network consisting of communication nodes interconnected by links conveying digital signals, and on the other hand several hosts able to exchange data by means of this sub-network, said method being characterised in that, in order to actuate, from any first node in the network, any host in the network by means of operating commands transmitted by an appropriate interface (103, 116) attached to a second node in the network to which said host is connected, a search signal containing information representing the technical features of the host to be actuated is transmitted from said first node in the direction of the nodes in the network including the first node, a candidate host is identified, which may be the host to be actuated on the basis of compatibility between the technical features of this candidate host and the technical features indicated in the search signal, this host candidate is started up by means of a control interface (103, 116) attached to the node to which said candidate host is connected, and if this candidate host proves not to be the host to be actuated, a search signal is transmitted once again in order to continue the search, whereas, if this host does indeed prove to be the host to be actuated, operating commands are sent to it by means of said control interface (103, 116), which also interrupts the search.

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