Patent ID: 8274914

Claim:
A method for networking, the method comprising: in a communication system comprising a plurality of routing devices, advertising status information from a first of said plurality of routing devices to one or more remaining ones of said plurality of routing devices, wherein said first of said plurality of routing devices comprises an intermediate routing device; receiving at said first of said plurality of routing devices, advertised status information from said one or more remaining ones of said plurality of routing devices, routing data by said first routing device, among at least a portion of said routing devices based on communication requirements of said data and based on said advertised status information from said first of said plurality of routing devices and/or said received advertised status information from said one or more remaining ones of said plurality of routing devices; advertising said status information from said first plurality of routing devices and/or receiving said advertised status information from said one or more remaining ones of said plurality of routing devices periodically, aperiodically, by request and/or based on the occurrence of one or more events.