Patent ID: 8756253
Filing Date: 2014-06-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A network comprising: a plurality of nodes forming a logical network structure of nodes, each node including a processor and memory, an ordering of the nodes being defined; said plurality of nodes including a first cluster of nodes and a second cluster of nodes, said first cluster of nodes having a ring-based topology, said second cluster of nodes having a ring-based topology, each node within said first cluster containing a point-to-point link to a previous node in said first cluster and a point-to-point link to a successor node in said first cluster, said previous node being different from said successor node, a node within said first cluster containing a virtual link to a node in said second cluster of nodes; said virtual link between said node within said first cluster and said node within said second cluster including a first virtual point-to-point link to a successor node selected from the nodes of said second cluster and a second virtual point-to-point link to a predecessor node selected from the nodes of said second cluster, said successor node selected from the nodes of said second cluster having a point-to-point link to said predecessor node selected from the nodes of said second cluster.