Forming and maintaining access groups at the lan/wan interface

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H04L 12/66 (2006.01)

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CA 2100542

Access agents in nodes at the LAN/WAN interface are formed into a group of access agents so that the access agents may be managed by the WAN as a group. The group must maintain group operation integrity in that if communications between agents in the group are broken, the access agents will coalesce into subgroups and continue performing communication jobs as a group activity. Each of the access agents contains a finite state machine to perform the tasks of group formation and maintenance. The formation of interconnected access agents into a group is accomplished by one access agent being identified as a group leader. All other access agents communicating with the group leader within the LAN may then join the group. The maintenance of group activity integrity is accomplished by detecting a break in group communication integrity and thereafter reforming the group into multiple smaller groups. The maintenance of group operation integrity also includes the merger of small groups into a large group when a bridge is added between LAN segments.

Des agents d'accès de noeuds à l'interface LAN/WAN sont regroupés de façon à pouvoir être gérés collectivement par le WAN. Le groupe doit maintenir l'intégrité de ses opérations, c'est-à-dire que si les communications entre les agents du groupe sont brisées, les agents d'accès se reconstitueront en sous-groupes et poursuivront l'exécution collective des tâches de communication. Chacun des agents d'accès contient un automate fini pour l'exécution des tâches de formation et de maintien de groupe. Pour grouper les agents d'accès interconnectés, un agent d'accès particulier est identifié comme chef de groupe. Tous les autres agents d'accès communiquant avec le chef de groupe à l'intérieur du LAN peuvent ensuite se joindre au groupe. Pour maintenir l'intégrité des activités du groupe, une rupture de l'intégrité de communication du groupe est détectée, puis le groupe est reconstitué en de multiples groupes plus petits; en outre, de petits groupes fusionnent en un large ensemble lorsqu'un pont est ajouté entre des segments du LAN.

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