Patent ID: 8705347
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for electing at least one new ring manager of a ring network, the method comprising: updating a routing-table in each of a plurality of nodes of the ring network, each routing table updated via a corresponding node of the plurality of nodes and including status information of each of the plurality of nodes; requesting node diagnostic information via one of the plurality of nodes that is responsible for electing the at least one new ring manager, the node diagnostic information requested from each of the other plurality of nodes, the node diagnostic information related to an amount of packet traffic processed by the corresponding node and including a packet relay count; receiving the requested node diagnostic information; determining a communication load of each of the other plurality of nodes based on the received node diagnostic information; electing at least one node of the plurality of nodes that processed a smallest amount of packet traffic as the at least one new ring manager based on the determined communication loads, the at least one node elected via the one node responsible for electing the at least one new ring manager; and notifying each of the other plurality of nodes of the at least one node elected as the at least one new ring manager, the notification communicated via the one node responsible for electing the at least one new ring manager.