Patent Document ID: 20030137930
Application ID: 10024629
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. In a communication network wherein communication links become intermittently disabled, a communication unit to transmit and receive messages within said network comprising: a communication device to transmit an outgoing message to at least one other communication unit within said network and to receive an incoming message from at least one other communication unit within said network; and a routing device to route outgoing messages within said network to corresponding destination sites, wherein said routing device includes: a protocol module to facilitate routing of messages within said network in accordance with a routing protocol, wherein said protocol module includes a network module to determine routes within said network for transmission of said outgoing messages to said corresponding destination sites, and wherein said routing protocol facilitates recomputation of said routes within said network by said network module in response to occurrence of a particular condition; and a route generation module to establish said particular condition within said network prior to occurrence of disablement of a communication link to enable said network module to recompute said routes based on said communication link disablement and in response to said routing protocol.