Patent ID: 6212161
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G01R,H04J,H04L

Abstract:
A method for implementing a system interconnect having a plurality of nodes, said interconnect for transporting a cell from a source node on a ring network to a destination node on said network, said network having a first path and a second path, one of said plurality of nodes being a configuration node, said method comprising steps of:(a) initializing said plurality of nodes;(b) emitting onto said first path, by said configuration node, a first identifying address sequence containing a configuration node address;(c) receiving from said first path said first identifying address sequence by a second node;(d) modifying said configuration node address contained in said first identifying address sequence to create a second node address; and(e) emitting onto said first path, by said second node, a second identifying address sequence containing said second node address.