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evels of syntactic representation. Having a clear unambiguous path to follow takes the pressure off. A path is complete and unambiguous if it provides a complete reference from the root of the current location. Of course at some point directional particles must diverge.
“Switching orders sent to the nodes from a controller include an unambiguous designation of the digital path to be switched, and the source network node passes this designation on to the subsequent network nodes, so that the subsequent nodes can check their switching.” - US Patent 5070497

