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PARTICIPATING IN CLOUD AS TOTALLY STUBBY EDGE

  • US 20090319688A1
  • Filed: 06/24/2008
  • Published: 12/24/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. One or more computer-readable storage media that store executable instructions to perform a method of participating in a network cloud, the method comprising:

  • sending a request to join said network cloud;

    after said request has been approved, receiving, by a device, a parameter that governs said device'"'"'s participation in said network cloud;

    based on a map of said network cloud, selecting a path to a first node in said network cloud, said path specifying a next hop that is either said first node or a second node in said network cloud from which said first node is directly or indirectly reachable;

    inserting, into a frame that comprises data that has not been received by said device from any node in said network cloud, a tag that describes said path; and

    sending said frame to said next hop.

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