Abstract
The following quote was obtained by the news editors from the background informa tion supplied by the inventors: “A multi-vendor communications network is a netw ork that supports tools from two or more vendors (e.g., manufacturers or provide rs). For instance, different applications and different platforms may be impleme nted in a communications network to solve different problems and support differe nt user needs. Similarly, a multi-domain network is a coordinated network compos ed of two or more interconnected domains. For instance, an enterprise that spans multiple different geographic locations, departments, or business functions may implement a plurality of different domains for the different geographic locations, departments, or business functions.”
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