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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Srivatsan Varadarajan, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Brendan Hall, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Srivatsan Varadarajan, St. Louis Park, MN (US);
Kevin R. Driscoll, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A network comprises a plurality of nodes; and a plurality of links communicatively coupling each of the plurality of nodes to at least one respective adjacent node of the plurality of nodes via a first communication channel and to another respective adjacent node of the plurality of nodes via a second communication channel. At least one of the plurality of nodes is a source node configured to source data. The source node is configured to form a virtual self-checking pair with one of the respective adjacent node on the first communication channel or the respective adjacent node on the second communication channel to achieve a consistent broadcast of data on the first and second communication channels. Data exchanged between the source node and the respective adjacent node in the virtual self-checking pair is only sourced by the source node.