Patent ID: 8363543

Claim:
A method of adaptively managing network capacity, the method comprising: receiving simulation data from a simulation system based on a metric associated with each of a plurality of communication links interconnecting endpoints, the simulation data indicating impact of a communication link to be taken offline on a plurality of alternate communication links; determining whether the simulation data associated with a communication link of the plurality of communication links satisfies a predetermined criterion; periodically updating the metric based on real-time data associated with each of the plurality of communication links; receiving simulation data from the simulation system based on the updated metric according to a periodicity selectively adjusted based on an interval of time between a current date and time and a date and time that the communication link is to be taken offline, the simulation data based on the updated metric indicating impact of the communication link to be taken offline on the plurality of alternate communication links; and selectively moving load from the communication link to be taken offline to an alternate communication link of the plurality of alternate communication links based on whether the simulation data associated with the alternate communication link satisfies the predetermined criterion.