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SVC routing in network with static routing tables

US6560218B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 22, 2001
Grant dateMay 6, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 22, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q2213/13399
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is disclosed for establishing a switched virtual circuit in a digital network having network nodes with static routing tables. The static routing tables contain at least primary and alternate routing data. When a node is unable to forward a call over its outgoing primary route due to congestion or physical failure and its alternate route is the same as the route on which a call setup request arrived, it clears the call at that node and sends a crankback message to the preceding node, which responds to the crankback message to attempt to dynamically re-route the call over the alternate route stored in the routing table of the preceding node. If the attempt is unsuccessful, it sends the message back to the next preceding node and so on.

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