Patent ID: 11909596
Assignee: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A path computation element (PCE) comprising:
a network interface for enabling communications over a network;
memory for storing executable instructions;
a processor configured to execute the executable instructions to:
establish communication between the PCE and a parent PCE, wherein the PCE is configured as a first child PCE to the parent PCE, wherein the PCE is configured as a second parent PCE to a second set of child PCEs comprising at least one second child PCE, wherein each second child PCE in the second set of child PCEs is responsible for a second domain in a set of second domains; and
send domain connection information comprising a first set of domain connection information corresponding to a first domain of the PCE to the parent PCE.