Patent ID: 9160649
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for adapting traffic flow within a network having a first node, a plurality of intermediate nodes, and a destination node, the method comprising: receiving traffic at the first node, the first node having associated therewith a plurality of intermediate node traffic weighting factors associated with the respective plurality of intermediate nodes, wherein the traffic is intended for the destination node; in a first phase of routing, routing a plurality of portions of the traffic from the first node to the respective intermediate nodes according to the respective traffic weighting factors associated with the respective intermediate nodes, wherein one of the intermediate nodes receiving one of the respective portions of the traffic in the first phase of routing receives the respective portion of the traffic from the first node via at least one other of the intermediate nodes of the plurality of intermediate nodes; and in a second phase of routing, routing the respective portions of the traffic received at the respective intermediate nodes in the first phase of routing from the respective intermediate nodes to the destination node, wherein one of the intermediate nodes routing one of the respective portions of the traffic received in the first phase of routing to the destination node in the second phase of routing routes the respective portion of the traffic to the destination node via at least one other of the intermediate nodes of the plurality of intermediate nodes; wherein the intermediate node traffic weighting factors are configured to provide a constant utilization of a path from a first one of the intermediate nodes to a second one of the intermediate nodes, wherein the constant utilization of the path has a capacity given by Θ