In a method for determining a suitable connecting path in a communication network
as well as to a corresponding switching equipment, given the presence of a connection
inquiry to a requested destination node, a check is first carried out to see whether
a suitable connecting path to the requested destination node is already stored
in a corresponding dynamic memory. When this is not the case, a suitable connecting
path is determined on the basis of stored network data of the communication network
and is subsequently entered in the dynamic memory, so that this connecting path
is subsequently available for further connecting path determinations. After determining
a suitable connecting path, the connection to the requested destination node is
set up according to the determined connecting path.
