Patent ID: 7249169

Claim:
A multi-stratum multi-timescale control system for self-governance of a network, said control system comprising: routing means operating at a first stratum on a first timescale for providing route-selection functions; resource allocation means operating at a second stratum on a second timescale for providing resource allocation functions; and provisioning means operating at a third stratum on a third timescale for providing provisioning functions; each successive timescale being coarser than its preceding timescale; wherein said routing means: selects routes for connection requests received from traffic sources; determines routing indices; and sends resource allocation requirements determined according to said routing indices to said resource allocation means; wherein said resource allocation means: allocates resources according to said resource allocation requirements; determines resource allocation indices; and sends resource augmentation requirements, based on said resource allocation indices, to said provisioning means; and wherein said provisioning means produces resource installation requirements based on said resource augmentation requirements.