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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Kenneth W. Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth F. Day, Iii, Tucson, AZ (US);
Philip M. Doatmas, Tucson, AZ (US);
John J. Wolfgang, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth W. Boyd, Tucson, AZ (US);
Kenneth F. Day, III, Tucson, AZ (US);
Philip M. Doatmas, Tucson, AZ (US);
John J. Wolfgang, Tucson, AZ (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method to select a captain control node from a plurality of interconnected control nodes is disclosed. The method provides by each of the plurality of control nodes a first signal to each of the other control nodes, and then receives by each of the plurality of control nodes, a response signal from each of the other control nodes. The method then calculates by each of the plurality of control nodes individual response times for each of the other control nodes, and determines by each control node its aggregate response time. The method then determines whether to select a captain control node using the aggregate response times. If the captain control node is selected using the aggregate response times, then the method then determines the minimum aggregate response time, and designates the control node having that minimum aggregate response time the captain control node.