Patent ID: 8687621

Claim:
A method, comprising: determining performance parameters for each of a plurality of network address prefixes in a computer network, each performance parameter measuring a characteristic of traffic associated with a network address prefix; resizing the prefixes based on the respective performance parameters, the resizing comprising at least one of: i) consolidating adjacent prefixes of the plurality of network address prefixes having configurably similar performance parameters into a consolidated prefix, or ii) splitting a prefix of the plurality of network address prefixes into at least two adjacent split prefixes having configurably dissimilar performance parameters; and storing the resized prefixes in a routing table; routing traffic in the computer network based on the resized prefixes in the routing table; measuring the performance parameters of a resized prefix for a verification time after resizing; and reverting the resizing in response to the performance parameters of the resized prefix not being suitable, suitable performance parameters being one of either remaining within configurably similar performance parameters post consolidation of prefixes or maintaining configurably dissimilar performance parameters post splitting of prefixes.