Patent ID: 8630207
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of optimizing a physical data communications topology between a plurality of computing nodes, the physical data communications topology including physical links configured to connect the plurality of nodes for data communications, the method carried out repeatedly at a predetermined pace and comprising: physically reconfiguring the physical links between each pair of nodes in dependence upon node pair traffic weights, wherein: the node pair traffic weights are determined in dependence upon packet weights assigned to network packets transferred between the pair of nodes and; physically reconfiguring the physical links between each pair of nodes in dependence upon the node pair traffic weights further comprises: repeatedly for each pair of nodes from the pair of nodes having the highest node pair traffic weight to the pair of nodes having the lowest node pair traffic weight: determining whether that pair of nodes can support an additional physical link; allocating at least one additional physical link for that pair of nodes in dependence upon the node pair traffic weights if that pair of nodes can support an additional physical link; and linking that pair of nodes through one or more intermediary nodes if that pair of nodes cannot support an additional physical link.