Patent ID: 6418477
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communications network for transmitting at least one information packet between nodes of said network, said network comprising:a plurality of network nodes comprising a source node, a destination node, and at least a third node; a first information cluster and a second information cluster, each information cluster being configured to carry a plurality of information packets, the first information cluster having a predetermined first transmission path upon which the first information cluster travels among the nodes of the network and the second information cluster having a predetermined second transmission path, upon which the second information cluster travels among the nodes of the network, that differs from the first transmission path; said information packet having a destination address corresponding to the destination node; and a means for attaching the information packet to a select one transmission cluster of the first information cluster and the second transmission cluster, in dependence upon the destination address and at least one of the first transmission path and the second transmission path.