Safe start-up of a network

摘要

The invention relates to a method for controlling start-up of a network, the method comprising
*) receiving a message from one node of a plurality of nodes at a guardian while the network is in an unsynchronized state,
*) relaying the message to the other nodes of the plurality of nodes, and
*) when the network remains in an unsynchronized state, blocking all messages from the one node of the plurality of nodes until a specifiable period of time has lapsed,
characterized in that
*) the contents of the one message received form the one node is analyzed and wherein
*) the duration of said specifiable period of time is longer than a fixed system parameter.