| 摘要 |
A method and system for improving a route between a source node (24) and a target node (25) between which data is sent using an IP protocol in a data communications network (20) having a plurality of interconnected nodes (22) defining a plurality of possible routes (23) between the source node and the target node. For all available nodes in at least a portion of the network spanning the source node and the target node, a respective IP address and status is obtained dynamically together with their respective intercon-nections if viable. An improved route between the source node and a route node connected to the target node is determined dynamically and corresponding IP addresses are identified of improved route nodes spanning the improved route. The IP addresses are dynamically conveyed to the source node for allowing the source node to embed at least some of the IP addresses in the data so as to allow successive ones of the improved route nodes to which the data is routed to route the data to an adjacent one of the improved route nodes. This may be done by using the loose source routing feature supported by the IP protocol. |
