Patent ID: 6314105
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for creating a temporary transit path for data packet transmission in a subnetwork, the subnetwork having a source station, a next hop router, and an intermediate router that is interconnected by a plurality of permanent transit paths to the source station and the next hop router, the method comprising the acts of:(a) initiating transmission of the data packets over the permanent transit paths that are coupled between the source station and the next hop router;(b) measuring a bit rate of the data packets that are transmitted from the source station to the next hop router;(c) continuing to transmit data packets over the selected permanent transit paths when the measured bit rate is below a first predetermined value;(d) creating a temporary transit path between the source station and the next hop router when the measured bit rate is above the first predetermined value; and(e) transmitting the data packets over the created temporary transit path when the measured bit rate is above the first predetermined value.