COMMUNICATION NETWORK

专利名称：COMMUNICATION NETWORK

发明人：THOMAS, SLADE MADDERN,RICHARD, JOHN

PROCTOR,GEOFFREY CHOPPING

申请号：AU2002352398申请日：20021216公开号：AU2002352398A1公开日：20030715

摘要：A partially interconnected network has a plurality of nodes, which nodes includeeither; (a) Allocated Nodes and Star Nodes (STARs), wherein the Allocated Nodes areeach allocated to one of a number of Areas (AREAs) and the partially interconnectednetwork also comprises point to point interconnections between the Allocated Nodesand the STARs, where the number of AREAs with Allocated Nodes interconnected to anindividual Star forms the number of Routes (ROUTES) from an individual STAR, theAllocated Nodes of a first of the AREAs being interconnected to a set comprising some,but not all, of the STAR Nodes, and wherein further of the AREAs are similarly

interconnected to further sets each comprising STAR Nodes and where there is at leastone interconnection choice (CHOICE) between any two Allocated Nodes in differentAREAs and where an interconnection route comprises two point to point interconnectionsinterconnected in series by a STAR Node; or (b) at least six Topological Nodes, wherein aTopological Node is a single Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodesor part of a Physical Node or a group of interconnected Physical Nodes and parts ofPhysical Nodes, each Topological Node having at least three point-to-point TopologicalLinks connecting it to some but not all of the plurality of Topological Nodes and where

there is at least one Choice of routing between any two Topological Nodes and where aChoice of routing comprises either two point-to-point Topological Links connected inseries at another of the Topological Nodes or a direct point-to-point Topological Linkbetween the two Topological Nodes; wherein at least one of the plurality of nodesincludes a switching means arranged to carry out a Simple Transit Core Function andthree or more of the plurality of nodes include a Single Link Interface, which Single LinkInterface has associated Output Attributes and/or Input Cognisant Attributes where.

申请人：MARCONI UK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LTD

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