Network Integration Node Consolidating Multi-Node Messages
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current computer networks face inefficiencies in data transmission times, particularly in distributed real-time systems, where data from multiple nodes needs to be communicated to a common node, leading to delays in production processes and limiting new applications.
Innovation Solution
Implementing an integration node that combines data from multiple nodes into a single message by inserting filler data or data from other nodes, reducing the need for separate transmissions and optimizing message structure through synchronized timing and checksums.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If data from multiple nodes is transmitted separately to a common node, then each node can send its data independently, but the transmission time increases and network efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines data from multiple transmitting nodes into a single integrated message at the integration node. Instead of sending separate messages from each first node to the second node, the integration node merges data from multiple sources into one consolidated message, reducing the total number of transmissions and decreasing transmission time.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration node performs preliminary data integration before forwarding to the second node. By pre-combining data from multiple first nodes at the integration node, the system avoids multiple separate transmissions to the second node, thereby reducing overall transmission time and improving network efficiency.
2Reliability
If multiple separate messages are transmitted from different nodes, then data integrity can be maintained individually, but the number of transmissions increases and consumes more network resources
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate data transmissions into a single integrated message at the integration node. This consolidation reduces the total number of messages traversing the network, thereby decreasing network resource consumption and energy loss while maintaining data integrity through structured integration.
Solution Approach 2:
The integration node serves multiple functions: it receives data from multiple first nodes, integrates this data into a unified message, and forwards it to the second node. This multi-functional approach reduces the need for multiple dedicated transmission paths, conserving network resources while ensuring reliable data delivery.
3Loss of time
If data is integrated at a node closer to the common node, then transmission time is reduced, but the integration node must process and manage data from multiple sources increasing its operational complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The integration node acts as an intermediary between multiple first nodes and the second node. It simplifies the overall system architecture by centralizing the integration function at a strategic position in the communication path, reducing transmission time while managing complexity through a dedicated intermediate component rather than distributed complex logic across all nodes.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for transmitting messages in a computer network, wherein the computer network comprises nodes (101, 102, 103) which are interconnected via communication lines, e.g., in each pair of nodes, and wherein the nodes (101, 102, 103) exchange messages with each other. Data (D101, D102) is communicated between the nodes in the form of messages. At least two first nodes (101, 102) send data (D101, D102) to a common second node (103). The computer network is configured such that at least one first node (102) is located in at least one communication path of another first sending node (101) or of several other first sending nodes to the common second node (103). The message of node (101) consists, for example, of a message start (H101), the data to be communicated (D101) of node (101), and a message end (T101).The message from node (102) consists of a message start (H102), the data (D102) to be communicated by node (102), and a message end (T102). At least one first node—the so-called integration node (102)—which is located closer to the common second node (103) than at least one other first node (101), integrates the data (D101) from at least one of the messages from at least one node (101) located further away from the common second node (103) into at least one message (H102, D102, S102, D101, T102) generated by the integration node (102), which this integration node (102) sends to the common second node (103).For the purpose of this integration, after transmitting its own data (D102) for the integration node, at least one integration node (102) continues with the transmission of the messages (H102, D102, S102, D101, T102) containing this own data (D102), by inserting either the data (D101) to be integrated from at least one other first node and/or filler data (S102) into this at least one message.