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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1999
Eric Bouillet, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Debasis Mitra, Summit, NJ (US);
Kajamalai Gopalaswamy Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Eric Bouillet, Hoboken, NJ (US);
Debasis Mitra, Summit, NJ (US);
Kajamalai Gopalaswamy Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are network management procedures that apply measurements of traffic load to achieve greater efficiency in the operation of the network. In a method for deciding whether to route an incoming call on a selected potential service route, the potential service route is treated preferentially if each of its links has available capacity that is more than sufficient by a specified margin. In a method for computing billing revenues, the non-compliance of the network service provider with contracted requirements for carried load causes a revenue penalty to be exacted for lost bandwidth.