Patent ID: 7290062

Claim:
A method of mutually transferring control parameters between terminal modules interconnected by a communications network transferring data from “source” terminal modules to “destination” terminal modules, “information” control parameters being transferred from the source terminal modules to the destination terminal modules by means of dedicated information messages, each source terminal module transferring to a plurality of destination terminal modules at least one information parameter relating to each of the destination terminal modules; the method being characterized in that the mutual transfers of information messages between terminal modules take place by means of “distributed” functions, in that a distributed function is allocated to a set of destination terminal modules and to a set of source terminal modules, and in that the method comprises the steps of: a source terminal module generating at least one dedicated information message comprising information parameters relating to the destination terminal modules of each associated distributed function which is allocated to said source terminal module; transmitting each information message from the said source terminal module to said corresponding distributed function; each distributed function receiving information messages coming from a plurality of source terminal modules to which the distributed function is allocated; each distributed function processing the information parameters of the received information messages, said parameters relating to the source terminal modules and to the destination terminal modules to which the function is allocated; and each distributed function generating and transmitting at least one information message comprising the results of the processing of said information parameters.