Patent ID: 7352743

Claim:
A method for managing traffic comprising objects in motion in a network having a physical layer, the method comprising: mapping a packet switched control network (PSCN) to topology of the physical layer, wherein packet routing links (PRL) in the PSCN are mapped to path sections in the physical layer; associating a packet control unit (PCU) in the PSCN with a corresponding path point in the physical layer; utilizing a traffic information unit (TIU), associated with the path point, for detecting and providing traffic arrival and departure information at the path point; associating a specific packet in the PSCN with a specific traffic object in the physical layer; routing the specific packet along the packet routing links corresponding to the detected movement of the specific traffic object in the physical network; determining whether the arrival of the specific traffic object at one of the path points is detected; generating an object arrival information if the arrival of the specific traffic object at the one of the path points is detected and sending the specific packet associated with the specific object to the packet control unit corresponding to the one of the path points; and directing a synchronization device in a packet control unit to send a packet, corresponding to the specific traffic object, to the packet control unit that corresponds to the path point whose associated traffic information unit has output the specific traffic object arrival information.