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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2013
Applicant:
TW Telecom Holdings Inc., Littleton, CO (US);
Inventor:
William Thomas Sella, Parker, CO (US);
Assignee:
tw telecom holdings, inc., Littleton, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04J 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04J 3/085 (2013.01);
Abstract
A mesh network (such as a mesh Ethernet network) is subdivided into rings. For each ring, a network utilization is assessed in both the clockwise and counter-clockwise directions around the ring. A user requests a particular network service. The network rings that would be utilized by the network service are determined. A maximum utilization of all the network rings utilized by the network service in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions is determined. The determined maximum utilization is used to determine the feasibility of provisioning the requested network service.