Patent ID: 7843973

Claim:
A method for forming an integrated transport network based on synch and asynch frames in a communications network comprising an area manager and a plurality of nodes, the method comprising the steps of: a) setting up a connection using an area manager by determining a route between a source and a destination of the transport network based on a quality of a connection request, where nodes of the transport network are adjacently connected to each other; b) repeatedly controlling frame transmission along the connection route at a predetermined cycle time using nodes of the communications network while a transmission bit rate of the transport network is synchronized; and c) updating frame switching information at multiple number times of the cycle time for frame transmission control using the area manager, wherein a frame in a time section for updating the frame switching information includes: a data frame for sending user data in an end-to-end link, and a control frame for sending control data within the transport network, at least one control frame being included in the time section for updating frame switching information.