NETWORK AND METHOD FOR SERIES ETHERNET CONNECTION Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC G06F13/00 

FIELD: information technology.

SUBSTANCE: local area network comprises: a plurality of modules interconnected through a plurality of point-to-point connections so as to form a first series daisy chain in which all modules are interconnected, and a second and a third series daisy chain in each of which not all of the plurality of modules are interconnected; each of the plurality of modules includes a multiport switch; the plurality of modules comprises: a first end module, a second end module and a plurality of modules which are intermediate between the first and second end modules; each of the plurality of intermediate modules is connected (a) with two preceding modules and at least one module after the module in the network, through at least three point-to-point connections which respectively pass between at least three ports of the multiport switch of the intermediate module and the port of each of the corresponding multiport switches of two preceding modules and at least one next module.

EFFECT: possibility of removing and replacing modules of monitors from their chain without affecting operation of the chain.

20 cl, 2 dwg