Patent ID: 6188696
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for operating a multi-segment repeater hub wherein at least some of various signal ports connecting signaling stations to the hub can be connected selectively to different segments of the hub, said method comprising:monitoring signal traffic between the stations and the hub and thereby establishing a database which indicates for each of a plurality of ports the volume of signal traffic between a respective one of said ports and each other port in said plurality and any segment through which any of said signal traffic flows and to which a port other than a port in said plurality is connected;computing the traffic to and from the ports in said plurality and said segments and the traffic between the segments for each of a plurality of possible configurations in each of which a selected port is notionally moved from connection to one segment to connection with another segment;computing according to selected criteria a preferred set of connections of the ports and the segments; andswitching the connections of the ports and segments to establish said preferred set of connections.