Patent · US Active

Route control method and route control system

US8705555B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
1References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 2010
Grant dateApr 22, 2014
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 24, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/0817
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A route control system includes a status measuring unit, a cost management unit, a route determining unit, and a route setting unit. The status measuring unit checks a status of each node included in a network. The status is a wake state or a sleep state. The cost management unit updates a link cost for a link connected to a node in the wake state to a value smaller than any link cost for a link connected to a node in the sleep state. The route determining unit determines an optimum route connecting a first terminal to a second terminal. A sum of the link costs for the optimum route is lowest among the link costs for other available routes connecting the first terminal to the second terminal. The route setting unit sets a requested data flow in the optimum route.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.