Method for computing speed map for IEEE-1394 network

Abstract

Within a digital network having a bus architecture that complies with the IEEE-1394 Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus a speed map for the digital network is computed by first, computing a first speed between a first node and a second node of the digital network; and second, computing a second speed between the first node and a third node of the digital network using the computed first speed.

1 . A method of computing a speed map for a digital network, comprising the steps of: 
 computing a first speed between a first node and a second node of the digital network; and    computing a second speed between the first node and a third node of the digital network using the computed first speed.    
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the digital network comprises a network configured in accordance with the IEEE 1394 Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus.  
     
     
         3 . A method comprising computing vector entries for a speed map of a digital network using previously computed vector entries of the speed map.  
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3  wherein the digital network comprises a network configured in accordance with the IEEE 1394 Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus.  
     
     
         5 . A speed map of a digital network comprising vector entries computed using previously computed vector entries of the speed map.  
     
     
         6 . The speed map of  claim 5  wherein the digital network comprises a network configured in accordance with the IEEE 1394 Standard for a High Performance Serial Bus.