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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Supratim Deb, Bangalore, IN;
Srinivas Kashyap, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Naidu K V M, Bangalore, IN;
Rajeev Rastogi, Bangalore, IN;
Anand Srinivasan, Bangalore, IN;
Supratim Deb, Bangalore, IN;
Srinivas Kashyap, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Naidu K V M, Bangalore, IN;
Rajeev Rastogi, Bangalore, IN;
Anand Srinivasan, Bangalore, IN;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method of grouping nodes within a distributed network is provided. The example method includes performing a leader node self determination operation by which each node within the distributed network determines whether to become a leader node or a non-leader node, each leader node being the leader of a group including at least one node. Next, requests are sent, from each leader node, requesting at least one non-leader node to join the group associated with the leader node. First received requests are accepted, at each non-leader node, such that accepting non-leader nodes transition from a non-leader node to a dependent node dependent upon the requesting leader node. A next set of requests are sent, from each remaining non-leader node, requesting to join the group associated with at least one leader node. A determination is made, at each requested leader node, as to whether to accept the non-leader node into the group associated with the requested leader node. Based on the determination, at each requested leader node, the non-leader node is either accepted into the group associated with the requested leader node, or is alternatively rejected from the group.