Patent ID: 7961611

Claim:
A communication system for allocating traffic between an intermediate network and a plurality of carrier networks comprising: a control module; a first gateway coupled with the control module, an intermediate network and a first carrier network; and a second gateway coupled with the control module, the intermediate network and a second carrier network; wherein the control module is configured to: monitor first traffic transferred from the intermediate network to the first carrier network through the first gateway to determine an amount of outbound traffic; monitor second traffic transferred from the first carrier network to the intermediate network through the first gateway to determine an amount of inbound traffic; determine a supplemental amount based on the amount of outbound traffic and the amount of inbound traffic; and transmit a control message that identifies the supplemental amount to the second carrier network instructing the second carrier network to transfer supplemental traffic in an amount less than or equal to the supplemental amount through the second gateway to the intermediate network.