Patent ID: 6490287
Filing Date: 2002-12-03
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A routing system for a SIMA network for transmitting packets of information, comprising:a first network node transmitting the packets of information; a second network node for receiving the packets of information transmitted from the first network node; at least two routes connected between the first and second network nodes, at least one of the routes having a third network node, the third network node having at least one outgoing link; and the first network node comprising: at least one outgoing link, the outgoing link being a part of one of the two routes; a route controller for transmitting the packets of information from the first network node to the second network node; a buffer, the buffer storing the packets of information and an allowed priority level for each of the outgoing links of the first and third network nodes, the packets of information being transmitted via one of the routes selected by the route controller; a monitor, the monitor coupled to the buffer and the route controller, the monitor monitoring the allowed priority level of each of the outgoing links of at least the first network node and informing at least the first and third nodes the allowed priority level of each of the outgoing links; and wherein the route controller selects one of the routes from the first network node to the second network node, based on the allowed priority levels of the outgoing links of at least the first and third network nodes.