Method and apparatus for automatic loading of a data set in a node of a communication network

摘要

In a communication network, including a first node and a plurality of neighbor nodes that are linked by communication channels to the first node, a data set is retrieved from neighbor nodes according to the following process: 1. identifying the data set to be retrieved in the first node; 2. identifying neighbor nodes in the plurality that have a copy of the identified data set; 3. supplying requests for individual blocks in the data set across the communication channels essentially in parallel to the identified neighbor nodes; 4. receiving the individual blocks as the individual blocks are returned from the neighbor nodes; and 5. assemblying data set in the first node from the received individual blocks.