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Methods and apparatus for managing the arrangement of nodes in a network

  • US 7,185,077 B1
  • Filed: 05/24/2001
  • Issued: 02/27/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for managing a network of nodes, the steps comprising:

  • requesting an initial set of network metrics for an initial subset of nodes in the network of nodes based on a connecting node attempting to establish a relationship with a target node of the initial subset, each network metric of the initial set associated with a respective node from the initial subset and measuring a performance aspect of the respective node relative to the network;

    receiving the initial set of the network metrics for the initial subset of nodes;

    establishing the relationship between the connecting node and the target node of the initial subset based on a comparison of the network metrics in the initial set; and

    prior to the step of requesting the initial set of network metrics, selecting a network metric from at least one of a bottleneck bandwidth metric, a latency metric, and a hop count metric; and

    further comprising the steps of;

    (i) choosing a revised subset of nodes based on the target node;

    (ii) requesting a revised set of the network metrics based on the revised subset;

    (iii) receiving the revised set of the network metrics based on the revised subset;

    (iv) establishing a selected relationship between the connecting node and a selected target node of the revised subset based on a comparison of the network metrics in the revised set of network metrics and setting the selected target node to be the target node;

    (v) repeating steps (i) through (iv) until determining that the selected relationship to the target node is a preferred relationship for the connecting node to the network.

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