Automatic route determination method
First Claim
1. In a network comprising a plurality of nodes each operating with a routing protocol and a plurality of network elements each connecting between adjacent nodes and having no routing protocol, wherein a network element is managed by adjacent nodes connected through the network element, a method for transferring a message from a first node to a destination network element, comprising the steps of:
- a) broadcasting a request signal from the first node to the network, the request signal including source information indicating the first node and destination information indicating the destination network element;
b) sending a response signal from a second node back to the first node, the second node managing the destination network element and normally communicating with the destination network element; and
c) transferring the message from the first node to the destination network element via the second node.
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Abstract
In a network including a simple element having no routing function, each node includes a health-check function to keep track of the respective statuses of its managing simple elements. A source node broadcasts an address request signal (TARP) including the ID of a destination simple element and then waits for its response signal. Each node, receiving the address request signal, further broadcasts it when neither managing nor normally communicating with the destination simple element, and otherwise sends the response signal back to the source node. When the response signal is received from another node, the source node transmits a management message to the destination simple element via the node sending the response signal. Since it is checked that each node normally communicates with its managing simple elements by the health-check function, the node cannot send the response signal in the case where some failure exists between the node itself and the destination simple element.
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20 Claims
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1. In a network comprising a plurality of nodes each operating with a routing protocol and a plurality of network elements each connecting between adjacent nodes and having no routing protocol, wherein a network element is managed by adjacent nodes connected through the network element, a method for transferring a message from a first node to a destination network element, comprising the steps of:
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a) broadcasting a request signal from the first node to the network, the request signal including source information indicating the first node and destination information indicating the destination network element; b) sending a response signal from a second node back to the first node, the second node managing the destination network element and normally communicating with the destination network element; and c) transferring the message from the first node to the destination network element via the second node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A network system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes each operating with a routing protocol; and a plurality of simple elements each connecting between adjacent nodes and having no routing protocol, each simple element being managed by adjacent nodes connected through the simple element, wherein each node comprises; a routing table; a status table; status checking means for checking whether the node itself normally communicates with a simple element which is managed by the node itself and storing a status of the simple element into the status table; checking means for checking whether the node itself manages a given target simple element by referring to the routing table; target resolution means for broadcasting an address request signal to the network when the node itself does not manage the target simple element or when the node itself does not normally communicates with the target simple element, the address request signal including source information indicating a source node and destination information indicating the target simple element, and for sending a response signal back to the source node when the node itself manages the target simple element and normally communicates with the target simple element; and message transmission means for checking whether the response signal is received from a first node within a predetermined time period and transmitting a message from the source node to the target simple element via the first node by updating the routing table when the response signal is received from the first node within the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (13, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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14. A network system comprising:
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a plurality of nodes each operating with a routing protocol; and a plurality of simple elements each connecting between adjacent nodes and having no routing protocol, each simple element being managed by adjacent nodes connected through the simple element, wherein each node comprises; a routing table; a status table; status checking means for checking whether the node itself normally communicates with a simple element which is managed by the node itself and storing a status of the simple element into the status table; receiving means for receiving a management message from outside, the management message including destination information indicating a target simple element which is a target of the management message; checking means for checking whether the node itself manages the target simple element by referring to the routing table; first control means for broadcasting an request signal to the network when the node itself does not manage the target simple element or when the node itself does not normally communicates with the target simple element, the request signal including source information indicating a source node and destination information indicating the target simple element, and for sending a response signal back to the source node when the node itself manages the target simple element and normally communicates with the target simple element; and second control means for checking whether the response signal is received from a first node within a predetermined time period, and transmitting the management message to the target simple element through a route via the first node by updating the routing table when the response signal is received from the first node within the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (15, 20)
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