Patent Document ID: 8817798
Application ID: 13571771
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of managing a network comprising a plurality of nodes, the method comprising: each node maintaining a respective topology database containing topology information of the network within a local region of the node, the local region encompassing a subset of the plurality of nodes of the network; and the nodes of the network implementing a Recursive Path Computation algorithm to compute end-to-end routes through the network; wherein implementing a Recursive Path Computation algorithm comprises a first node performing the steps of: determining whether a destination address is in a respective topology database of the first node; when the destination address is not in the respective topology database of the first node: sending a request message to each boundary node of the first node's local region, the request message containing the destination address; receiving a respective reply message from at least one of the boundary nodes, each reply message including path information defining a path from the respective boundary node to the destination address; for at least one received reply message, calculating a respective candidate path from the first node to the destination address via the respective boundary node; and selecting, from among the calculated candidate paths, a best path from the first node to the destination address.