Patent ID: 7487237
Filing Date: 2009-02-03
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-usable medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon for execution by a processor to perform a method to ensure a desired load distribution in a network, the method comprising: monitoring of at least a first utilization of a first subset of two or more links in the network; assessing, base at least partly on the monitoring, of a degree of suboptimality with respect to the desired load distribution, wherein the degree of suboptimality corresponds to a measurable difference between a performance of determined load distribution and a performance of the desired load distribution, the assessing including: the at least one function in the first set of functions outputs at least a varying value; and selecting of a second set of functions from the at least two sets of functions if, for each function in the first set of functions that gives the first degree of unacceptability, the first degree of unacceptability fails a first threshold test; and adjusting, automatically, of a subset of forwarding decisions of one or more forwarding nodes in the network based at least partly on the assessing: