Patent ID: 11886426
Assignee: NCHAIN LICENSING AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 6:
7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the number of interfaces selected for relay from an interface is dependent upon a metric derived from a set of correlation coefficients for an interface is determined from, m
   *
   
    (
    a
    )
   
  
  =
  
   
    
     ∑
     
      m
      -
      1
     
    
    
     i
     =
     0
    
   
   
    θ
    i
    
     (
     a
     ), wherein a is the interface, m is the number of interfaces connected to peer nodes, m*(a) is the number of nodes selected for relay interfaces of a node, and θ is the metric that is compared to an indicator, such as the average value (ca) of the set correlation coefficients of an interface within the set {ca}, wherein, θ
   i
   
    (
    a
    )
   
  
  =
  
   {
   
    
     
      
       
        1
        ,
       
      
      
       
        
         c
         ai
        
        ≤
        
         
          c
          a
         
         _
        
       
      
     
     
      
       0
      
      
       
        
         c
         ai
        
        >
        
         
          c
          a
         
         _
        
       
      
     
    
    .