Network comprising a plurality of sub-networks for determining bridge terminals

• US 20030005162A1
• Filed: 07/01/2002
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Habetha, Joerg
• Application Number:
  US10/169,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20030005162A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/249
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4604 LAN interconnection over a backbone network, e.g. Internet, Frame Relay

Abstract

The invention relates to a network comprising a plurality of sub-networks, which sub-networks can each be connected via bridge terminals and comprise each a controller for controlling one sub-network. A controller is provided for setting up a connection between two sub-networks via a possible bridge terminal. The order of the connection set-up is determined first by the minimum number of possible bridge terminals between two sub-networks and then by the connection quality.

Claims

1. A network comprising a plurality of sub-networks, which sub-networks can each be connected via bridge terminals and comprise each a controller for controlling one sub-network, which controller is provided for setting up a connection between two subnet-works via a possible bridge terminal, the order in which the connection is set up first being dependent on the minimum number of possible bridge terminals between two sub-networks and then on the connection quality.

2. A network as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a controller is arranged for

storing all possible bridge terminals in a matrix F(1 . . . n, 1 . . . n, 1 . . . t), where n is the a number of respective known controllers and t the number of possible bridge terminals,

sorting the matrix elements in dependence on the connection quality,

a repeated search for possible bridge terminals having the smallest number t as a bridge terminal and, after the selection, erasing the matrix element.