Patent ID: 7277456

Claim:
Method for managing resources of a link in communication network comprising at least two busses coupled to the link to form a network having a plurality of nodes, wherein the network forms a single virtual bus regarding the protocol used by a bus, all nodes being considered to be on said single bus, and the link being transparent to the bus protocol, said method comprising the steps of: providing a link-aware application in a node of the network for obtaining link resource reservation information, for establishment of a connection between devices over the link, accessing said information, and determining whether the connection can be established as a function of this information, wherein the link-aware application gets said information from one of the portals connecting busses to the link, wherein said information comprises resources available over the link, and wherein an application establishes a connection between two nodes of the network through the steps of: (a) reserving a resources and bandwidth for the connection on the busses; (b) identifying links on the path between the nodes to be connected; (c) reserving resources for each link on said path if step (a) has been successful.