Patent ID: 7646722

Claim:
A method comprising: identifying a plurality of nodes of a network, wherein said plurality of nodes are interconnected by one or more links; executing one or more tasks within each of said plurality of nodes of said network, wherein said executing comprises requesting, from at least one other node of said plurality of nodes, a format of data transmitted over a link of said one or more links attached to said at least one other node of said plurality of nodes, generating first data identifying at least one node of said plurality of nodes at which at least one of inserted data is added, wherein said inserted data is associated with said each of said plurality of nodes, and dropped data is dropped, wherein said dropped data is associated with said each of said plurality of nodes, and generating second data indicating a format of in-transit data transmitted over said one or more links; identifying a destination node of said in-transit data; and transmitting said in-transit data to said destination node using said first data and said second data.