Patent ID: 8848534

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, by a first node associated with a first base station, an instruction to transmit traffic via a particular link of a plurality of links that connect the first node to a plurality of second nodes associated with a plurality of second base stations; obtaining, by the first node and from the plurality of links, information associated with traffic conditions on the plurality of links; identifying, by the first node, quantities of achievable throughput, associated with the plurality of links during a first time period, based on throughput capacities associated with the plurality of links and the information associated with the traffic conditions; identifying, by the first node, quantities of achieved throughput, associated with the plurality of links, based on prior quantities of throughput associated with the plurality of links during one or more second time periods, each of the one or more second time periods preceding the first time period; generating, by the first node, a plurality of priority values, associated with the plurality of links, based on the quantities of achievable throughput and the quantities of achieved throughput; selecting, by the first node, a link, of the plurality of links, associated with a greatest priority value of the plurality of priority values; and transmitting, by the first node and to one of the plurality of second nodes via the selected link, traffic associated with the selected link.