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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2003
Biswanath Mukherjee, Davis, CA (US);
Jing Zhang, Davis, CA (US);
Keyao Zhu, Davis, CA (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that provides a guaranteed level of availability in a communication network. During operation, the system receives a connection request that includes a specified reliability. Next, the system determines multiple candidate routes through a network to satisfy the connection request, wherein each of these candidate routes passes through a set of links that form a path through the network. The system then examines the candidate routes to identify a route that meets the specified reliability. The system only accepts the connection request if a route that meets the specified reliability is found.