Patent ID: 7039055

Claim:
An apparatus for creating a temporary transit path for data packet transmission in a subnetwork, the subnetwork having a source station, a next hop router, and an intermediate router that is interconnected by a plurality of permanent transit paths to the source station and the next hop router, the apparatus comprising: (a) means for initiating transmission of the data packets over the permanent transit paths that are coupled between the source station and the next hop router; (b) means for measuring a bit rate of the data packets that are transmitted from the source station to the next hop router; (c) means for continuing to transmit data packets over the selected permanent transit paths when the measured bit rate is below a first predetermined value; (d) means for creating a temporary transit path between the source station and the next hop router when the measured bit rate is above the first predetermined value; and (e) means for transmitting the data packets over the created temporary transit path when the measured bit rate is above the first predetermined value.