METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING AN ORDER IN A NETWORK

The invention relates to a method for identifying an order of users (T1,T2,Td,...) of a network, whereby the network contains a multitude of nodes (S1,S2,Sn,...) and each of the nodes (S) has a number (MS) of connections (P1S,P2S,PaS,...,PMS) by means of which the nodes (S1,S2,Sn,...) and the users (T1,T2,Sd,...) can be interconnected. The inventive method comprises the following steps: a) identifying the node (Sn) connected to one of the users (Td); b) determining the number (MSn) of connections of this node (Sn) and a predetermined hierarchy of the connections; c) determining, for these nodes (Sn), the connection (PaSn) with which the user (Td) is connected to this node (Sn), and; d) determining, for the nodes (Sn), other connections (PavSn,PanSn) that are connected to other nodes (S1,S2, ) or to other users (T1,T2,...); e) establishing a relationship between users (T1,T2,Td,...) of the network based on the hierarchy of the connections that is predefined for node (Sn) and on the determined connections that are connected to users (T1,T2,Td,...) or to other nodes (S1,S2,...).