Device and a method for communicating in a network
First Claim
1. A method of managing a communication network comprising a control plane and a network plane, the network comprising nodes and physical connections of the nodes, each of a plurality of nodes being a logical network device, supporting a control plane portion in the control plane and a network plane portion in the network plane, in which method, the control plane portions of the logical network devices form a logical network in a peer to peer fashion, and control data necessary for administering the communication network and/or for managing users of the communication network is contained in at least one database distributed between at least a plurality of control plane portions of the network devices forming the logical network.
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Abstract
A method of managing a communication network comprising a control plane and a network plane, the network comprising nodes and physical connections of the nodes, each of a plurality of nodes being a logical network device, supporting a control plane portion in the control plane and a network plane portion in the network plane, in which method, the control plane portions of the logical network devices form a logical network in a peer to peer fashion, and control data necessary for administering the communication network and/or for managing users of the communication network is contained in at least one database distributed between at least a plurality of control plane portions of the network devices forming the logical network.
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29 Claims
- 1. A method of managing a communication network comprising a control plane and a network plane, the network comprising nodes and physical connections of the nodes, each of a plurality of nodes being a logical network device, supporting a control plane portion in the control plane and a network plane portion in the network plane, in which method, the control plane portions of the logical network devices form a logical network in a peer to peer fashion, and control data necessary for administering the communication network and/or for managing users of the communication network is contained in at least one database distributed between at least a plurality of control plane portions of the network devices forming the logical network.
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23. A method of extending a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes in the form of connected devices acting as access points, the database containing data needed for network management being distributed between a plurality of the nodes in the form of a distributed structure associated with a coordinate space, each of the plurality of nodes being responsible of a subspace of the coordinate space, which method comprises:
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configuring at least one device of the network;
configuring at least one device responsible for data storage, the data needed for network management including at least data allowing device identification in the network and data providing security of communications deploying the new node in the network; and
sharing a subspace of the coordinate space for which the node is responsible between said node and the new node. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A logical network device for operating as a node in a communication network comprising a control plane and a network plane, the network comprising nodes and physical connections of the nodes, the device supporting a control plane portion in the control plane and a network plane portion in the network plane, the device being configured for forming a logical network with other control plane portions of other logical network devices in a peer to peer fashion, control data necessary for administrating the communications network and/or for managing users of the communication network being contained in a database distributed between at least the control plane portion of the device and control plane portions of others devices.
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