Message routing for sonet telecommunications maintenance network
CA 2092872 C · Owner: Mazzola, Anthony J. · Inventors: Mazzola, Anthony J.
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A routing method, performed by intelligent network elements of a data communications network having SONET applications, for selecting a path from a source network element to a next network element. Each network element has access to a database containing the addresses of its neighboring network elements and their types. To select a next network element, a routing network element first attempts to find a neighboring network element that is the same as the destination network element. If it has no such neighbor, the routing network element then attempts to find a neighbor that is in the same area as the destination, or failing such a neighbor in the same, routing domain. Optionally the …
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- Filed March 29, 1993 and granted November 3, 1998. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 29, 2013.
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