Patent Document ID: 10038589
Application ID: 15160349
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of adding capacity to links of a communication network, comprising: determining, with a processor, for each of a plurality of different node pairs in the network, a first set of links collectively providing a greatest capacity between the two nodes of the pair and a second set of links collectively providing a second greatest capacity between the two nodes of the pair, such that none of the links in the second set are included in the first set; determining, with a processor, for each of the plurality of node pairs for which the first and second set of links was determined, and for each link in such first and second sets, a capacity to be added to a current capacity of each link based on a network capacity demand associated with the node pair; and adding capacity to a plurality of links in the network based on the determined capacity to be added for each of the plurality of links by augmenting the current capacity of each of the plurality of links by reconfiguring a network communication device that allocates capacity to each of the plurality of links to increase network bandwidth allocated to each of the plurality of links.