Patent ID: 9172633
Filing Date: 2015-10-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to: identify a flow in a network, the network comprising a plurality of nodes interconnected by links, each of the links having a respective capacity, the flow being transmitted from a source node in the network to a destination node in the network; provide a plurality of tiered thresholds, each of the tiered thresholds representing a portion of link capacity allocatable for use by flows in the network over the respective links, wherein a first tiered threshold in the plurality of tiered thresholds represents a first portion of link capacity and a second tiered threshold in the plurality of tiered thresholds represents a second portion of link capacity that is greater than the first portion of link capacity; determine a path from a plurality of potential paths in the network between the source node and the destination node, wherein determining the path comprises: