Communication network based on topographic network devices
First Claim
1. A network for communicating a message, the network comprising topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices, the topographic network devices each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set and having a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set.
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Abstract
The network comprises topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices. The topographic network devices each have a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set, and a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set. A message configured for transmission through the network includes a destination coordinate set, which is the topographic coordinate set of a destination network device that is one of the topographic network devices. A topographic network device comprises channels, a coordinate store and a topographic processor. The channels are each configured for connection via a communication link to another of the topographic network devices. The channels include a first channel via which the message is received. The coordinate store stores connected device coordinate sets, which are the topographic coordinate sets of the topographic network devices to which the channels are directly connected. The topographic processor operates in response to the connected device coordinate sets and the destination coordinate set of the message to identify a second channel of the topographic network device to which to forward the message.
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37 Claims
- 1. A network for communicating a message, the network comprising topographic network devices and communication links interconnecting the topographic network devices, the topographic network devices each having a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set and having a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set.
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16. A topographic network device for operation in a network including topographic devices in which each of the topographic network devices has a physical location represented by a topographic coordinate set, in which each of the topographic network devices additionally has a network address that includes the topographic coordinate set, and in which a message configured for transmission through the network includes a destination coordinate set, the destination network set being the topographic coordinate set of a destination network device, the destination network device being one of the topographic network devices, the topographic network device comprising:
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channels each configured for connection via a communication link to another of the topographic network devices, the channels including a first channel via which the message is received; a coordinate store for storing connected device coordinate sets, the connected device coordinate sets being the topographic coordinate sets of the topographic network devices to which the channels are directly connected; and a topographic processor that operates in response to the connected device coordinate sets stored in the coordinate store and the destination coordinate set of the message to identify a second channel to which to forward the message, the second channel being another of the channels. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer-readable medium in which is fixed a computer program that instructs a computer to perform a topographic network message addressing method, the addressing method comprising:
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receiving an original message; determining whether a valid topographic reply-to field exists in the original message, the valid topographical reply-to field including a topographic coordinate set; and when the valid topographic reply-to field exists in the original message; in response to the original message, creating a reply message to include a destination coordinate set field, and copying the topographic coordinate set from the topographic reply-to field of the original message to the destination coordinate set field of the reply message. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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30. A communication network, comprising:
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a destination network device having a destination address that includes a first topographic coordinate set; and a source network device configured to generate a message comprising a packet having a header;
the header containing the destination address of the destination network device. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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