Progressively determining a network topology and using neighbor information to determine network topology

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8805982
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11771080

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An element manager and programming collect a first element topology from a first element among a plurality of elements in a network. The first element topology describes only connections between the first element and other elements of the plurality directly connected to the first element. The element manager and programming collect a second element topology from a second element among the plurality of elements. The second element topology describes only connections between the second element and other elements of the plurality directly connected to the second element. The element manager and programming merge the element topologies collected from the elements into a single network topology describing connections between the plurality of elements.

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  • CIENA CORPORATION;WORLD WIDE PACKETS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Atkinson, K Gintaras San Francisco, US 3 20
Oye, Darren William Greenacres, US 5 39
Reis, Louis Spokane Valley, US 3 20
Wen, Bo Spokane Valley, US 60 203
Wilsey, Scott Daniel Mead, US 7 63

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