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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Trenton Corey Minyard, Richardson, TX (US);
Gregory T. Stovall, Garland, TX (US);
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/516 ;
Abstract
A Totem ring network ( ) includes Totem rings ( ) which are geographically separated by relatively long distances. Time latencies between the geographically separated Totem rings ( ) are minimized by providing each Totem ring with a dedicated router ( ) located geographically proximate to a respective Totem ring. Each router ( ) is joined together through point-to-point links ( ), and each server ( ) on a local area network ( ) of a respective ring ( ) is joined to the respective Totem ring ( ) and router ( ).