Patent ID: 9537754
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining a first logical segment within a path between a start node and an end node of a network; determining a first plurality of physical connections of the first logical segment; selecting one or more of the physical connections in the first plurality based on at least one first plurality criterion associated with one or more physical connections in the first plurality; determining a second logical segment between the start node and the end node; determining a second plurality of physical connections of the second logical segment, wherein the determining of the second plurality excludes the selected physical connections of the first plurality; determining a minimum safe margin of distance between one or more of the selected first plurality physical connections associated with a first physical segment and one or more of the selected second plurality physical connections associated with a second physical segment, wherein the selected first plurality physical connections and the selected second plurality physical connections do not share any portion of same physical segments; determining a virtual entity associated with the determined minimum safe margin of distance, wherein the virtual entity is a location of a violation of the minimum safe margin of distance; utilizing the determined virtual entity to indicate the violation of the minimum safe margin of distance between the one or more of the selected first plurality physical connections associated with the first physical segment and the one or more of the selected second plurality physical connections associated with the second physical segment; and selecting one or more of the physical connections in the second plurality based, at least in part, on the virtual entity, wherein utilizing the virtual entity restricts the selecting of the one or more of the physical connections in the second plurality and a selecting of the first physical segment and the second physical segment.