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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2023
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, CN;
Hamid Mehrvar, Ottawa, CA;
HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., Shenzhen, CN;
Abstract
Method and communication network for establishing a connection in a communications network are disclosed. The method comprises receiving, by a processor, a connection request for establishing the connection; selecting, by the processor, an input node from a plurality of input nodes in the communications network and an output node from a plurality of output nodes in the communications network; selecting, by the processor, an interconnect node from a plurality of interconnect nodes in the communications network in accordance with an order set out in a pre-determined order list that sets out a specific connection order for each of the plurality of interconnect nodes; determining whether the interconnect node has capacity to connect the input node to the output node; and in response to the interconnect node having the capacity, connecting, by the processor, the input node to the output node via the interconnect node.