SHORT-CUT METHOD ON TRAFFIC BASIS AND SHORT-CUT ROUTER ON TRAFFIC BASIS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the throughput of the Internet by using an adaptive time- out period to release a short-cut path so as to efficiently use the number of virtual channels to transmit an IP packet flow. SOLUTION: An Internet protocol packet flow suitable for transfer along a short-cut path is selected to set up the short-cut path for this flow. Then the flow is transferred on the short-cut path and the short-cut path is released after the time-out period. This time-out period is an adaptive time-out period. A selection means SEL selects an IP packet flow where it is useful to transfer the flow not to its destination for each hop via the network but to transfer the flow along the short-cut path. A setup means EST sets up the short-cut path for the selected flow.