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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2012
Mohammad Hajiaghayi, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Mohammad Hossein Bateni, Princeton, NJ (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Subhabrata Sen, New Providence, NJ (US);
Mohammad Hajiaghayi, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Mohammad Hossein Bateni, Princeton, NJ (US);
Alexandre Gerber, Madison, NJ (US);
Subhabrata Sen, New Providence, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An example method involves for a first virtual private network (VPN) installed on a candidate hub router, selecting a first spoke-to-hub assignment solution having a first least memory utilization cost to assign the candidate hub router a quantity of first virtual private edge (VPE) routers serving the first VPN; for a second VPN installed on the candidate hub router, selecting a second spoke-to-hub assignment solution having a second least memory utilization cost to assign the candidate hub router a quantity of second VPE routers serving the second VPN; determining third least memory utilization costs to assign the candidate hub router to a quantity of the first VPE routers, and fourth least memory utilization costs to assign the candidate hub router to a quantity of the second VPE routers; and selecting the first or second spoke-to-hub assignment solution for the candidate hub router based on the least memory utilization costs.