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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2003
Peter Kubat, Sudbury, MA (US);
James Macgregor Smith, Amherst, MA (US);
Peter Kubat, Sudbury, MA (US);
James MacGregor Smith, Amherst, MA (US);
Verizon Laboratories Inc., Waltham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of allocating a plurality of traffic demands on a network having a plurality of stations connected by a bi-directional ring is disclosed. The method comprises selecting a first traffic demand from the plurality of traffic demands. The method then acquires a first existing traffic volume for a first direction of the bi-directional ring and a second existing traffic volume for a second direction of the bi-directional ring. Either the first or second direction is selected for transmitting the first traffic demand based on the smallest incremental increase in the load of the bi-directional ring.