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Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 24, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Urs Hunkeler, Echandens, CH;

Clemens Lombriser, Thalwil, CH;

Hong Linh Truong, Adliswil, CH;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04W 40/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/34 (2013.01); H04W 40/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for discovery of a set of nodes in a network. The method comprises selecting a node amongst nodes in a group of nodes to be processed; and instructing to implement a discovery procedure for the selected node. The procedure comprises broadcasting a neighbor discovery request from a node currently selected on a shared transmission medium of the network; and receiving at the node currently selected replies sent by neighbor nodes on the shared transmission medium and adding the neighbor nodes to the group of nodes to be processed; and repeating the steps of selecting and instructing for other nodes in the group of nodes to be processed, until all nodes of the set are discovered.


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