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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Inventor:
Tristan Lloyd Mullis, Pullman, WA (US);
Assignee:
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/761 (2013.01); H04L 12/751 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are systems and methods for path planning in a programmable communications network with multipoint nodes. The multipoint nodes include nodes with multiple connections to the programmable communication network. Path planning determines source multipoint nodes and destination multipoint nodes. Paths are planned to avoid redundant delivery of messages to a single interface of the multipoint nodes. A network controller programs network communications devices with the determined paths. Multipoint nodes may include multipoint devices or traditional tie points.