Techniques and systems for logical mesh networks
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware or firmware, the logic to comprise a logical connection manager for a first device to manage logical connections with a set of devices, the logical connection manager to comprise;
addressing logic to determine a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices;
a master interface to connect to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address; and
a slave interface to connect to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address.
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Abstract
Various embodiments are described wherein a set of devices are configured to be a logical mesh network. Each device has a logical mesh network address. Further, the set of logical mesh network addresses form a sequence from a first address to a last address, and intermediate addresses having both a preceding and a next address. The devices store forwarding information used to determine how to forward a received logical mesh network packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
logic, at least a portion of which is implemented in hardware or firmware, the logic to comprise a logical connection manager for a first device to manage logical connections with a set of devices, the logical connection manager to comprise; addressing logic to determine a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices; a master interface to connect to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address; and a slave interface to connect to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which when executed enable a first device in a set of a devices to:
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determine a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices; connect by a master interface, to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address; and connect by a slave interface, to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A machine-implemented method for a first device in a set of devices, comprising:
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determining a sequential current logical mesh network (LMN) address in a set of sequential LMN addresses corresponding to the set of devices; connecting, by a master interface, to a slave interface of a second device within the set of devices, the second device having a sequentially next LMN address; and connecting, by a slave interface, to a master interface of a third device within the set of devices, the third device having a sequentially previous LMN address. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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