Patent ID: 6977924

Claim:
A router for providing transportation of messages between a main Dynamic Routing and Control (DRC) processor and packet flow processors, the messages transported via a system transport media, the router comprising: a Dynamic Routing and Control (DRC) driver including a plurality of Application Program Interfaces (API) for interfacing to the main DRC processor; a transport interface for interfacing between said DRC driver APIs and the system transport media, wherein said DRC driver translates message format and routing information between a first protocol used by the main DRC processor and a second protocol used by the transport media; a Packet Flow Processor driver (PFP driver) including a plurality of Application Program Interfaces (API) for interfacing to the packet flow processors and designated DRC driver; a transport interface for interfacing between said PFP driver APIs and the transport media, wherein the transport interface routes messages from the transport media to the appropriate PFP driver API in response to a type of message; and said DRC driver and said PFP driver transport messages between the main DRC processor and the packet flow processors.