| 摘要 |
The invention has for its object to provide faster routing. The SONET, SDH, or OTN network according to the invention comprises at least two network elements which are directly or indirectly connected with one another and are each adapted to autonomously determine and set up a path through at least a portion of the SONET, SDH, or OTN network, the path determination being based on connection information stored in the network elements and on a destination address contained in the path identifier. The OTN network may also include WDM nodes and IP routers, for example. A network element is, for instance, a WDM node, an IP router, a network node, a multiplexer, a cross connect, an add/drop multiplexer, etc. The connection information contains information as to which network element is connected to which.
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