Patent ID: 8243592

Claim:
A method of automatically rerouting data, the method comprising: identifying congestion in a logical circuit, the logical circuit comprising at least a first communication path operated by a first carrier, a second communication path operated by a second carrier, and a third communication path, the congestion identified based on monitoring at the first communication path operated by the first carrier; based on the congestion identified by the monitoring, determining that the congestion is isolated to the second communication path operated by the second carrier; determining a quality of service of an alternate communication path and a quality of service of the second communication path; and when the quality of service of the alternate communication path at least matches the quality of service of the second communication path, rerouting data associated with the logical circuit without manual intervention using the alternate communication path to bypass the second communication path operated by the second carrier, the rerouting comprising routing the data through the first communication path, the alternate communication path, and the third communication path.