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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Dan Ater, Newton, MA (US);
Yigal Banker, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Kenneth Anthony Giusti, Upton, MA (US);
Richard L Jacobson, Maynard, MA (US);
Brian Mahan, Ashland, MA (US);
3COM Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for communication and management of an aggregate is provided including a plurality of separate entities, each entity residing in a separate environment. The system includes a data path which is provided as a common medium. Each of the entities is connected to the data path for exciting the medium with a signal. All entities connected to the common medium receive the signal. A mapping path is also provided. The mapping path is implemented as a multitude of point-to-point connections such that each entity is connected directly to another entity via a point-to-point connection or connected to a first entity by a point-to-point connection and connected to a second entity by a point-to-point connection. The connections provide a known topology, allowing identification of all entities adjacent to a given entity to establish mapped adjacent entities. From these mapped adjacent entities all entities adjacent to the mapped adjacent entities are mapped until all entities of the aggregate are mapped.