System and method for provisioning of route information in a meshed communications network

摘要

An approach for supporting inter-domain routing of a packet is provided. A communication system includes a plurality of terminals having full meshed connectivity, in which each of the terminals is configured to route the packet to one of a plurality of address domains (i.e., terminal is multi-homed) and to notify a source terminal originating the packet of a correct one of the terminals. An address server assigns a network address corresponding to the one address domain based on a destination address associated with the packet, wherein the source terminal routes the packet according to the assigned network address. The present invention has particular applicability to a fully meshed satellite network.