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Marconi UK Intellectual Property Limited

Bruce Jensen

Geoffrey Chopping

Thomas S Maddern

Peter Bladon

Thomad S Maddern

In a partially interconnected topological network having at least six topological nodes, a topological node being a single physical node or a group of interconnected physical nodes or part of a physical node or a group of interconnected physical nodes and parts of physical nodes, each topological node having at least three point-to-point topological links connecting it to some, but not all, of the plurality of topological nodes, there is at least one choice of routing between any two topological nodes, where the choice of routing is either two point-to-point topological links connected in series at another of the topological nodes or a direct point-to-point topological link between the two topological nodes.

Partially interconnected topological network

A partially interconnected network has a plurality of Allocated Nodes, each allocated to one of a number of AREAs, and further has a plurality of Star Nodes (STARs), and also has point-to-point interconnections between the Allocated Nodes and the STARs. The number of AREAs with Allocated Nodes connected to an individual STAR forms the number of ROUTEs from an individual STAR. The Allocated Nodes of a first of the AREAs are connected to a set comprising some, but not all, of the STARs. Further of the AREAs are similarly interconnected to further sets each comprising STARs. There is at least one connection choice between any two Allocated Nodes in different AREAs and where a connection route is two point-to-point interconnections connected in series by a STAR.

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