MODULE COMMUNICATION
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1. A communication network, comprising:
- a plurality of communication gateways; and
a plurality of modules, each module being arranged to be connected to or associated with one of the plurality of communication gateways, each communication gateway being connectable to at least one other communication gateway,wherein each communication gateway has a dynamic module naming list to enable the communication gateway to determine a route to direct a message to an appropriate recipient module using the recipient module'"'"'s local communication gateway.
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Abstract
A communication network for communicating between a plurality of modules is disclosed. Each module is arranged to be connected to or associated with one of the plurality of communication gateways and each communication gateway is connectable to at least one other communication gateway. The communication gateways each have a dynamic module naming list to enable the communication gateway to determine a route to direct a message to an appropriate recipient module using the recipient module'"'"'s local communication gateway.
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1. A communication network, comprising:
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a plurality of communication gateways; and a plurality of modules, each module being arranged to be connected to or associated with one of the plurality of communication gateways, each communication gateway being connectable to at least one other communication gateway, wherein each communication gateway has a dynamic module naming list to enable the communication gateway to determine a route to direct a message to an appropriate recipient module using the recipient module'"'"'s local communication gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of communicating in a network, the network comprising a plurality of communication gateways;
- and a plurality of modules, each module being arranged to be connected to or associated with one of the plurality of communication gateways, each communication gateway being connectable to at least one other communication gateway, wherein each communication gateway has a dynamic module naming list to enable the communication gateway to determine a route to direct a message to an appropriate recipient module using the recipient module'"'"'s local communication gateway, the method comprising;
directing a message from a module to the module'"'"'s local communication gateway; determining a route to a destination module from the dynamic module naming list of the local communication gateway; and forwarding the message to the next communication gateway or module indicated in the route determined from the dynamic module naming list.
- and a plurality of modules, each module being arranged to be connected to or associated with one of the plurality of communication gateways, each communication gateway being connectable to at least one other communication gateway, wherein each communication gateway has a dynamic module naming list to enable the communication gateway to determine a route to direct a message to an appropriate recipient module using the recipient module'"'"'s local communication gateway, the method comprising;
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