WO2001019025A3 - System and method for dynamic distributed communication - Google Patents

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WO2001019025A3
WO2001019025A3 PCT/US2000/024510 US0024510W WO0119025A3 WO 2001019025 A3 WO2001019025 A3 WO 2001019025A3 US 0024510 W US0024510 W US 0024510W WO 0119025 A3 WO0119025 A3 WO 0119025A3
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Angus O Dougherty
Donald L Hohnstein
Charles I Cook
Guy M Wells
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Abstract

Growth of a distributed communication system (20) is facilitated through dynamic addition of distribution elements (22, 40, 50). A new element may be added to a network of elements by first establishing a connection (42, 44, 46, 48) between the new element and an existing element in the network. At least one address (322, 324) is assigned to the new element from a pool of addresses (310, 312) maintained at the existing element. At least one pool of addresses (326, 328) is issued to the new element, permitting the new element to dynamically add another new element. Information packets are routed through the network by determining a forwarding equivalency class (FEC) (400) for each subscriber unit (26) accessing the network. The FEC to which each subscriber unit belongs is based on the point (22) at which the subscriber unit accesses the network. Information packets are routed from a distribution element (40, 50) by determining the next element (22, 40, 50) based on the FEC for the destination subscriber unit.
PCT/US2000/024510 1999-09-08 2000-09-06 System and method for dynamic distributed communication WO2001019025A2 (en)

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US15273099P 1999-09-08 1999-09-08
US60/152,730 1999-09-08
US09/505,271 2000-02-16
US09/505,271 US7388846B1 (en) 1999-09-08 2000-02-16 Cellularized packetized voice and data
US18578800P 2000-02-29 2000-02-29
US60/185,788 2000-02-29
US09/603,035 2000-06-23
US09/603,035 US6987769B1 (en) 1999-09-08 2000-06-23 System and method for dynamic distributed communication
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US09/603,123 US6831902B1 (en) 1999-09-08 2000-06-23 Routing information packets in a distributed network

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