A networking infrastructure for an operating room, comprising a plurality of
medical
devices, each device of which is connected through a single communication channel
to the network, wherein each device may be controlled through a local interface,
or through a remote interface available through the network. Furthermore, the networking
infrastructure operates in robust manner with respect to the removal of a communication
channel to the network associated with the removal of medical device from the network,
or with respect to the addition of a communication channel to the network associated
with the addition of a medical device to the network.
