METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISCOVERING NETWORK DEVICES

• Main Author: BASSAM TABBARA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.11.2008
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

MULTIPLE DEVICES [104, 106, 108, 112] ARE IDENTIFIED IN ANETWORK ALONG WITH CONNECTION INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MULTIPLE DEVICES. THE CONNECTION INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE MULTIPLE DEVICES IS CONVERTED INTO A HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE AND COMMUNICATION LINKS BETWEEN THE MULTIPLE DEVICES ARE...