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Method for optimizing the frequency of network topology parameter updates

  • US 20060067247A1
  • Filed: 09/24/2004
  • Published: 03/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a data communication network comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links to form communications paths between said nodes, each node capable of transmitting and storing network topology information at least about itself to one or more nodes in said network, a method comprising the steps of:

  • monitoring a change for a characteristic of a node;

    classifying said node characteristic into one of at least two groups, each group representing a substantially similar node characteristic change observed in said monitoring step, one group representing a substantially different change from other groups in the at least two groups; and

    transmitting the network topology information to said nodes more frequently when the node characteristic is classified into the first group than when the node characteristic is classified in the second group.

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