Patent ID: 6853620
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a data transmission from a forwarding adjacent communication node among a plurality of adjacent communication nodes, the data transmission comprising a destination associated with a destination communication node; receiving status data from each adjacent communication node through a control channel coupled to the adjacent communication node, the status data comprising status information for at least the adjacent communication node; processing the status data received from each adjacent communication node at one of a plurality of link processors, each link processor being associated with one of the adjacent communication nodes including the forwarding adjacent communication node; and at the link processor associated with the forwarding adjacent communication node, selecting an adjacent communication node from among the plurality of adjacent communication nodes to forward the received data transmission based, at least in part, upon processed status data received from the other link processors and an expected number of communication nodes between the selected adjacent node and the determining the communication node associated with the destination.