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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2013
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Kevin J. Riederer, Waukesha, WI (US);
Gerry M. Nagel, Sussex, WI (US);
Manas Sawant, Madison, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods using precise timing relationships between nodes in computer networks to generate mappings depicting the physical arrangement or ordering of nodes in the computer networks. The technical effect is by tracking the timing delays between nodes as observed by an individual node, and collecting such information together for subsequent processing, nodes may receive and/or construct an entire physical network topology using an algorithm accordingly.