Protocol for the determination of network topology

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7729337
APP PUB NO 20010033548A1
SERIAL NO

09751999

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A method of operating a network is described. The network includes a number of nodes connected by a number of links. A method according to the present invention provisions a virtual path between a first and a second one of the plurality of nodes by: identifying the first and the second nodes, discovering a physical path from the first node to the second node, and establishing the virtual path. The method discovers a physical path from the first node to the second node by automatically identifying nodes forming the physical path. The method establishes the virtual path by configuring a set of connections between the nodes forming the physical path.

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  • CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Baghdasarian, Zareh Richardson, US 29 1088
Parsi, Vahid Richardson, US 30 1098
Saleh, Ali Najib Castaic, US 25 1353
Zadikian, Haig Michael McKinney, US 12 521

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