Method and apparatus for optimized routing in an industrial ethernet

摘要

The claimed method for the transmission of a data packet in a communication network, from a first network element, which functions as the data source to a second network element, which functions as a data sink, wherein a connecting path between two network elements with a position via central relevant weighting value are provided, and the transmission path between the first and the second network element via at least one communication path, and a second position via central relevant weighting value to be provided for the network element.The claimed device comprises, in an analogous manner by means of central the position of the relevant weighting value.The inventive method makes it possible for predetermined connection paths to ensure that there only packets are forwarded when the receiver and / or of the transmitter can be achieved exclusively via this connecting path.