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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2023

Filed:

May. 07, 2021
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;

Inventors:

William Carson McCormick, Ottawa, CA;

Francis Patrick Kelly, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/122 (2022.01); H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04B 7/18519 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and apparatus for configuring a communication network based on a distance metric. Information indicative of current status of communication network nodes, links between the nodes, or a combination thereof is obtained and processed to determine a network configuration. The network configuration is implementable in the communication network by adjusting one or more nodes or links. The processing includes evaluating network configurations based on a distance metric, which is indicative of lengths of shortest paths which interconnect nodes of the network. Instructions directing underlying resources to implement the network configuration can be provided. An apparatus can be a supervisory device including a network interface and a computer processor.


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