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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Zhongjin Yang, Naperville, IL (US);
Jie Yao, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventors:
ZhongJin Yang, Naperville, IL (US);
Jie Yao, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/66 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Resources within a hybrid packet-circuit network are dynamically reallocated based on demand. In response to an edge switch requesting additional first resources, a network manager evaluates a plurality of possible communication paths and potential network changes to determine an optimum configuration for providing the additional first resources. Network switches are instructed by the network manager to reallocate second resources such as packet-switched resources to first resources such as circuit-switched resources.