Path routing system for communication network
First Claim
1. A path routing system for a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of transmission lines, said path routing system comprising:
- an originate node including means for transmitting a routing message with a transmission line attribute designation to a bypass node for establishing a path between said originate node and a terminal node;
a repeater node including means for searching for a transmission line having the same attribute as said transmission line attribute designation upon receipt of said routing message with the transmission line attribute designation, and means for transmitting said message to an adjacent node through the searched transmission line,whereby, a path from said originate node to said terminal node is autonomously selected to pass through transmission lines having the desired attribute by repeatably searching the transmission lines and transmitting the message between nodes disposed between said originate node and said terminal node.
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Abstract
In a path routing system for a communication network having a plurality of nodes and a plurality of transmission lines, an originate node transmits a routing message with a transmission line attribute designation to a bypass node for establishing a path between the originate node and a terminal node. A repeater node searches for a transmission line having the same attribute as the transmission line attribute designation upon receipt of the routing message with the transmission line attribute designation, and transmits the message to an adjacent node through the searched transmission line. A path between the originate node and the terminal node is autonomously selected to pass through transmission lines having the desired attribute by repeatably searching the transmission lines and transmitting the message between nodes disposed between the originate node and the terminal node.
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12 Claims
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1. A path routing system for a communication network comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of transmission lines, said path routing system comprising:
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an originate node including means for transmitting a routing message with a transmission line attribute designation to a bypass node for establishing a path between said originate node and a terminal node; a repeater node including means for searching for a transmission line having the same attribute as said transmission line attribute designation upon receipt of said routing message with the transmission line attribute designation, and means for transmitting said message to an adjacent node through the searched transmission line, whereby, a path from said originate node to said terminal node is autonomously selected to pass through transmission lines having the desired attribute by repeatably searching the transmission lines and transmitting the message between nodes disposed between said originate node and said terminal node. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A path routing system for a communication network including a plurality of nodes and a plurality of transmission lines, in which each node comprises a multiplexer for multiplexing multi-media information, wherein said multiplexer comprises:
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means for transmitting a routing message with a transmission line attribute designation for establishing a path in said communication network; a transmission line attribute table preliminarily storing attributes of transmission lines, including at least the attributes of the transmission lines between the own node and an adjacent node; searching means for searching for a transmission line having the same attribute as said transmission line attribute designation on the basis of the content of said transmission line attribute table; and message transmitting means for transmitting said routing message with said transmission line attribute designation to an adjacent node according to the result of the search of said searching means. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a communication network for communication between a plurality of nodes through a plurality of transmission lines respectively having various, mutually distinct attributes, in which a communication path is established between a first node as an originate node and a second node as a desired terminal node for communication therebetween, a path routing system comprising:
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first means incorporated in each node for generating a request message for establishing a path to said second node, said request message including designated attribute information identifying a desired attribute of a transmission line to be used for establishing said communication path; second means incorporated in each node for preliminarily storing attribute information of said transmission lines connecting the node to at least one adjacent node; third means incorporated in each node and responsive to said request message received from an upstream side adjacent node in terms of the path to be established, for searching an available transmission line having the attribute matching the designated attribute for establishing said path on the basis of said designated attribute information included in said request message and said stored attribute information; and fourth means incorporated in each node for transmitting said request message to a downstream side adjacent node through the searched available transmission line. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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