Communications technology center in a communication network of information

The invention relates to a communication method implemented by a device (20-28) for routing in a communication network (1) centered on information. The method comprises the following steps implemented to process a request for a data segment of a given flow, said request being to route on a link of the conveyor device: - a verification step that the input rate for said link is greater than a threshold, the input flow rate for said link corresponding to that required for reception by the device by means of said link from a set of data segments corresponding to pending applications; - a timing step of said request to be transported. In a first embodiment, the threshold corresponds to the bit rate available on the input link of the device. In a second embodiment, the input rate is determined for the outstanding requests for data segments from the given stream and the threshold corresponds to a fair rate.