Patent Document ID: 20040004939
Application ID: 10188107
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method of evaluating a network having origination/destination nodes and interconnecting links according to a prescribed network topology, the method including: determining an absolute capacity of the network, having a determined traffic distribution and prescribed routing constraints, based on capacity attributes for the respective links, the absolute capacity identifying a maximum traffic volume that can be carried by the network according to the prescribed network topology, independent of the determined traffic distribution and the prescribed routing constraints; determining a second network capacity based on the capacity attributes and the determined traffic distribution between the respective origination/destination nodes, the second network capacity identifying a maximum traffic volume that can be carried by the network according to the prescribed network topology and the determined traffic distribution, independent of the prescribed routing constraints; and evaluating the determined traffic distribution relative to the prescribed network topology based on the absolute capacity and the second network capacity.