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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Erik D. Demaine, Cambridge, MA (US);
Philip N. Klein, Newton, MA (US);
Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Erik D. Demaine, Cambridge, MA (US);
Philip N. Klein, Newton, MA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
According to one method for approximating a network of terminals, a graph comprising nodes and edges connecting at least some of the nodes is received. The nodes include terminals and non-terminal nodes. The non-terminal nodes are each associated with a weight. The terminals are each initialized to a value. The values of the terminals are incremented by a given amount until the values of the terminals reach a sufficient amount to acquire at least one of the non-terminal nodes that connects at least two of the terminals based on the weight of the at least one of the non-terminal nodes. Upon the values of the terminals reaching the sufficient amount, the at least one of the non-terminal nodes and the edges connecting the at least one of the non-terminal nodes to the at least two of the terminals are acquired to form a connected component in the network of terminals.