Abstract: A method of operating a ring communication network, including providing a management device having a first processor, a first memory, a first communicator, and a computer program stored in the first memory and capable of running on the first processor; providing a network device having a network processor, a network memory, and a network communicator; disposing an auxiliary memory in the network device; organizing the management device and the network device to form the ring communication network; determining a location of the auxiliary memory in the ring communication network; and assigning a transmission direction such that a transmission distance between the management device and the auxiliary memory is minimized.

Abstract: A method of operating a ring communication network, including providing a management device having a first processor, a first memory, a first communicator, and a computer program stored in the first memory and capable of running on the first processor; providing a network device having a network processor, a network memory, and a network communicator; disposing an auxiliary memory in the network device; organizing the management device and the network device to form the ring communication network; determining a location of the auxiliary memory in the ring communication network; and assigning a transmission direction such that a transmission distance