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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
Peter R. Badovinatz, Beaverton, OR (US);
Myung M. Bae, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
Peter R. Badovinatz, Beaverton, OR (US);
Myung M. Bae, Pleasant Valley, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A desired group of reachable nodes of a communications environment is provided. The desired group of reachable nodes includes one or more nodes that can communicate with one another via a same network of a plurality of networks of the communications environment. In one embodiment, the desired group of reachable nodes includes the largest set of nodes that can communicate with one another via a common network. A globally consistent view of this largest set of reachable nodes is provided to interested nodes of the communications environment.