Patent ID: 9124487
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for configuring a network, comprising: grouping, by a processor, processing nodes of the network into a plurality of sub-networks, wherein each one of the processing nodes comprises a medium interface, a processing module, a filter and an input/output interface, wherein each one of the processing nodes routes communication data received via an input port of a plurality of input ports of the medium interface to an output port of a plurality of output ports of the medium interface based upon the input port and a frequency of the communication data, and wherein each one of the processing nodes modulates the communication data onto a carrier signal when the communication data is not an express signal and when the communication data is not assigned to the processing node; organizing, by the processor, the plurality of sub-networks into layers where sub-networks within each layer are not directly coupled to each other; and coupling, by the processor, processing nodes of a layer to a processing node of an above sub-network of an upper layer, unless the layer is a top layer, and to a processing node of a below sub-network of a lower layer, unless the layer is a child device.