Systems and methods for providing presence tracking in a distributed computing system
First Claim
1. A method for providing presence tracking of nodes of a logical network having an underlying physical network medium in a distributed computing system, comprising:
- tracking by each node in the logical network the presence state of at least one other node; and
optimizing bandwidth utilization of the physical network medium based upon the presence state of at least one node in the logical network.
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Abstract
Providing presence tracking of nodes of a logical network in a distributed computing system. Each node in a logical network tracks the presence of all other nodes on the network. This presence information is used by the protocol to optimize bandwidth utilization of the shared physical media, by not attempting to communicate with a device that does not appear to be or is unlikely to be present. In one embodiment, the presence tracking is applied to a power line carrier (PLC) physical media because of PLC'"'"'s low-bandwidth characteristics, low baud rate characteristics and the widespread usage of plugged-in devices, the presence of which on the network is generally more transient by nature.
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1. A method for providing presence tracking of nodes of a logical network having an underlying physical network medium in a distributed computing system, comprising:
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tracking by each node in the logical network the presence state of at least one other node; and
optimizing bandwidth utilization of the physical network medium based upon the presence state of at least one node in the logical network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer readable medium for automatically tuning a network having an associated protocol and a plurality of nodes forming a logical network having an underlying physical network medium having stored thereon at least one computer-executable module comprising computer executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising:
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tracking by each node in the logical network the presence state of at least one other node; and
optimizing bandwidth utilization of the physical network medium based upon the presence state of at least one node in the logical network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A distributed computing system capable of automatically tuning a logical network having an associated protocol and an underlying physical network medium, comprising:
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a plurality of nodes, wherein each node in the logical network includes a presence tracking component that tracks the presence state of at least one other node; and
a tracking table including the presence state of the at least one other node;
wherein bandwidth utilization of the physical network medium is optimized based upon the presence state of the plurality of nodes in the logical network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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