Patent ID: 7254142

Claim:
A method of adjusting a bandwidth capacity of a dynamic channel in a network topology, comprising: (a) allocating a bandwith value (b 1 ) to the dynamic channel, the channel extending from a first node to a second node in the network topology; (b) measuring a traffic flow in the channel to calculate a measured bandwidth value (B 1 ); (c) in a first comparison unit, determining if the measured bandwidth value (B 1 ) is greater than the allocated bandwidth value (b 1 ) minus an offset value (Of); (d) when the bandwidth value (B 1 ) is greater than the bandwidth value (b 1 ) minus the offset value (Of), determining if the bandwidth value (B 1 ) plus the offset value (Of) plus a delta parameter value (De) are greater than a peak bandwidth parameter value (p), the parameter value (p) being a maximum allowable bandwidth value; (e) when the bandwidth value (B 1 ) plus the offset value (Of) plus the delta parameter value (De) are greater than the peak bandwidth parameter value (p), increasing the bandwidth value (b 1 ) to the peak bandwidth parameter value (p); and (f) when the bandwidth value (B 1 ) plus the offset value (Of) plus the delta parameter value (De) are not greater than the peak bandwidth parameter value (p), increasing the bandwidth value (b 1 ) to a bandwidth value (b 2 ), the bandwidth value (b 2 ) being greater than the bandwidth value (b 1 ).