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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1996
Clifford G Smyrl, St. Paul, MN (US);
Doulgas G Knight, Minneapolis, MN (US);
New York Air Brake Corporation, Watertown, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication network having a plurality of nodes and a controller, a plurality of intermediate nodes in communication on a one-to-one basis with the plurality of first target nodes to be programmed. A first file containing a first executable program is transferred in parallel to each of the intermediate nodes. Intermediate nodes then, in parallel, program a respective first target node. The intermediate nodes may begin programming a respective first target node upon receipt of a sufficient portion of the first file to initiate programming or may begin upon receiving the complete first file. The intermediate nodes may also have connected thereto a respective second target node and may program the second plurality of target nodes simultaneously and in parallel using either the first file already transferred or a second file containing a second executorial program transferred in parallel.