RELAYING DATA IN UNSYNCHRONOUS MODE OF BRAIDED RING NETWORKS

摘要

In one embodiment, a node (102, A) comprises an interface (1130) to communicatively couple the node to a first channel (106). The first channel communicatively couples the node to a first neighbor node (102, H) and a first neighbor's neighbor node (102, G) in a first direction. When the node is operating in an unsynchronized mode: the node relays, along the first channel, for a relay period, data received from the first neighbor node (102, H) that was sourced from that first neighbor node and, after relaying the data received from the first neighbor node that was sourced from that first neighbor node and for a block period, the node blocks data received from the first neighbor (102, H) while the node relays, along the first channel, data received from the first neighbor's neighbor node (102, G).