Patent ID: 7894463
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating improved resource allocation and utilization in a network, the method comprising: determining a set of metric values for each node in a set of nodes in the network, wherein each metric value corresponds to a different characteristic for the node; for each characteristic for each node: receiving traffic that is to be forwarded from a first node in the set of nodes to a next-hop node; determining a set of target metric values for a set of characteristics for the next-hop node based on the traffic; for each characteristic in the set of characteristics for the next-hop node, intersecting access groups in the logical hierarchies for the first node corresponding to the characteristic for the next-hop node, wherein intersecting the access groups involves creating a combined access group that includes the next-hop node; identifying the next-hop node within the combined access group; and forwarding the traffic.