APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING END-TO-END PATHS THROUGH A NETWORK COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF NETWORK DOMAINS

摘要

A network architecture is provided for enabling end-to-end paths to be computed across a plurality of network domains. The network architecture comprises a plurality of child path computation elements associated with a plurality of respective network domains, each child path computation element adapted to compute a path segment within its respective network domain. A parent path computation element adapted to compute an end-to-end path across a plurality of network domains in conjunction with the plurality of respective child path computation elements.