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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2007
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2003
Eiji Oki, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Shiomoto, Iruma, JP;
Masaru Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Imajuku, Yokohama, JP;
Eiji Oki, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Shiomoto, Iruma, JP;
Masaru Katayama, Tokyo, JP;
Wataru Imajuku, Yokohama, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The invention relates to a node, an optical/electrical path integrated network using this node, and a program which controls the node. The node according to the invention is suited to use in an optical/electrical path integrated network constructed from a plurality of electrical sub-networks comprising nodes which are interconnected by electrical paths in which routing is performed based on packet header information and a photonic core network comprising nodes which are interconnected by optical paths, the photonic core network and the plurality of electrical sub-networks being interconnected by optical paths, wherein the node comprises a device which outputs to other nodes, a traffic quantity between the node to which it belongs and other nodes.