Patent ID: 9706270
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04Q

Claim:
1. A method of routing packets between nodes of a packet switched network, the method comprising: receiving a packet at a first node, the packet comprising routing information and payload data; sending said routing Information to a second node, remote from and interconnected with the first node via the packet switched network, in a routing path via a first transmission medium of the packet switched network; and sending said payload data to said second node via a second transmission medium of the packet switched network, said second transmission medium being arranged in parallel with said first transmission medium, wherein a transmission speed of the first transmission medium via which the routing information is sent is sufficiently higher than a transmission speed of the second transmission medium via which the payload is sent such that, upon receipt of said routing information, said second node has time to prepare for onward routing of the packet in advance of receipt of said payload.