Method of forwarding messages over a network and system for implementing the method

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of forwarding messages over a network. The method of forwarding messages is implemented in a router (101a to 101g) of a distributed network (100) comprising one or more sub-networks at the level of the OSI layer 7, at least one sub-network (102a to 102c) being constrained, the method comprising at least the following steps: - processing a unique format for the whole set of messages; - for a given message, identifying the next routers (101a to 101g) to be reached in order to forward the message to its recipient or recipients; - for a given message, identifying the transmission service quality; - assigning priorities to the messages as a function of the service quality requirements identified in the previous step; - adapting the content of the message so as to cross through a constrained sub-network (102a to 102c). The method applies in particular to exchanges of messages over networks consisting of heterogeneous sub-networks.