Patent ID: 7092359

Claim:
A method for distributing data traffic on a communication network comprised of network nodes connected via at least one link line, the method comprising: sending, to a data traffic monitoring system, loading information that is link-line-specific or route-specific; ascertaining, in the data traffic monitoring system, a current data transfer loading value for a link line or for a network node using the loading information; determining, in the data traffic monitoring system, distribution information for the network node based on the current data transfer loading value; sending the distribution information to the network node; generating, in the network node, an allocation model used to divide address information of data packets into separate address classes that correspond to a plurality of alternative routes leading to a destination network node, the allocation model being generated based on the distribution information; ascertaining, in the network node, an address class from address information for a data packet addressed to the destination network node; and sending the data packet, from the network node, via one of the alternative routes that corresponds to the address class for the data packet addressed to the destination network node.