Patent ID: 7990865
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of determining functions to provide at a given node forming part of a communication path comprising: sending from the given node, information identifying: receiving information from at least one other node forming part of the communication path, the information identifying one or more remote functions; and determining whether any of the one or more local functions should be applied to the traffic based on criteria, which defines how the one or more local and remote functions are applied by the given node and other nodes and is available to the given node and other nodes, wherein the received information is received from at least one of the other nodes that is upstream of traffic flow, and at least one of the other nodes that is downstream of the traffic flow, and wherein the at least one of the other nodes that is upstream of the traffic flow is a most proximate node upstream of traffic flow, and the at least one of the other nodes that is downstream of the traffic flow is a most proximate node downstream of the traffic flow.