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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Ted Chongpi Lee, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Chin-yeh Chi, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Chinh Q. Le, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Arun K. Rai, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Ted Chongpi Lee, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Chin-Yeh Chi, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Chinh Q. Le, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Arun K. Rai, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining a circuit path between a source node and a destination node within a network comprising a plurality of nodes by iteratively selecting appropriate next nodes using a shortest path algorithm and accepting or rejecting the selected next node based upon the bandwidth utilization level of the communications link to the next node. In the case of a lack of acceptable communication links or a determined circuit path exceeding an ideal circuit path by a predetermined amount, the threshold levels defining acceptable links are adjusted.