Method for establishing a communication network based on topographic network devices and for transmitting a message through same
First Claim
1. A method for establishing a network for communicating a message, the method comprising:
- providing a network including topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices, the topographic network devices each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set; and
for each one of the topographic network devices;
assigning to the one of the topographic network devices a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set thereof, transmitting the topographic coordinate set of the one of the topographic network devices to the topographic network devices directly connected thereto, and receiving and storing the topographic coordinate set at at least one of the topographic network devices directly connected thereto.
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Abstract
A network for communicating a message is established by providing a network that includes topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices. The topographic network devices each have a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set. A network address is assigned to each of the topographic network devices. The network address includes the topographic coordinate set of the topographic network device. The topographic coordinate set of the topographic network device is transmitted to those of the topographic network devices directly connected to the topographic network device. The topographic coordinate set of the topographic network device is received and stored at at least one of the topographic network devices directly connected to the topographic network device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for establishing a network for communicating a message, the method comprising:
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providing a network including topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices, the topographic network devices each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set; and
for each one of the topographic network devices;
assigning to the one of the topographic network devices a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set thereof, transmitting the topographic coordinate set of the one of the topographic network devices to the topographic network devices directly connected thereto, and receiving and storing the topographic coordinate set at at least one of the topographic network devices directly connected thereto. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for transmitting a message, the method comprising:
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providing a network including topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices, the topographic network devices each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set, and a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set, the topographic network devices including a source network device, a destination network device and an intermediate network device, ones of the topographic network devices, including the intermediate network device, having the topographic coordinate sets of those of the topographic network devices directly connected thereto stored therein as respective connected device coordinate sets;
inserting the topographic coordinate set of the destination network device into the message as a destination coordinate set; and
transmitting the message through the network from the source network device to the destination network device, including;
receiving the message at the intermediate network device, identifying, from the destination coordinate set and the connected device coordinate sets stored in the intermediate network device, one of the topographic network devices directly connected to the intermediate network device that is physically closer to the destination network device than the intermediate network device, and transmitting the message from the intermediate network device to the identified one of the topographic network devices. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of transmitting a message, the method comprising:
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providing a network including end-user devices, topographic routers and communication links interconnecting them, at least the topographic routers each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set, and a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set, the end-user devices including a source network device and a destination network device;
transmitting a message from the source network device to an input router, the input router being the one of the topographic routers directly connected to the source network device, the message identifying the destination network device by a destination network address lacking a topographic coordinate set;
in response to the destination network address, providing the topographic coordinate set of a one of the topographic routers associated with the destination network device as a destination coordinate set;
inserting the destination coordinate set into the message; and
in response to the destination coordinate set, topographically routing the message through the network to an output router, the output router being the one of the topographic routers directly connected to the destination network device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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