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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2009
Teddy Bezoza, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Bruce Gilbert Cortez, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Sanja Durinovic-johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Karel Ehrlich, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Pravin Kumar Johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Teddy Bezoza, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Bruce Gilbert Cortez, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Sanja Durinovic-Johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Karel Ehrlich, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Pravin Kumar Johri, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method and a system for allocating restoration capacity in a network link in a communications network provides that a common pool of communication capacity is provisioned in a network link, such that the common pool of communication capacity includes spare capacity for new service and restoration capacity. A pool of pre-allocated communication capacity for future growth of at least one connection in the network link is also provisioned. The pool of pre-allocated communication capacity for future growth is available for restoration capacity, but not for spare capacity for new service. The communications network can be, for example, a private line (PL) network, a SONET-based network, an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)-based network, an Internet Protocol/MultiProtocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS)-based network or a frame relay (FR)-based network.