Patent ID: 8989015
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for addressing a congestion condition in a communication network, comprising: receiving, via a processor, an alert for a trunk associated with a route; determining, via the processor, whether the alert is associated with the congestion condition by determining whether a trunk utilization has exceeded a first predetermined threshold for the trunk; measuring, via the processor, a trunk delay for variable bit rate traffic and a trunk delay for constant bit rate traffic, when the trunk utilization exceeds the first predetermined threshold; determining, via the processor, that the trunk utilization is excessive when the trunk delay for the variable bit rate traffic exceeds a second predetermined threshold and the trunk delay for the constant bit rate traffic does not exceed a third predetermined threshold; and rebuilding, via the processor, the route when the first predetermined threshold is exceeded for the trunk and when the trunk utilization is determined to be excessive, wherein the rebuilding the route comprises providing additional resources to the route.