Patent Document ID: 20140269256
Application ID: 14180961
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for managing network capacity, the method comprising: determining demand estimates for a target communication network, the target communication network corresponding to a plurality of network nodes interconnected by point-to-point network paths, wherein the demand estimates are based on at least one of a default demand applied to the plurality of network nodes and point-to-point network paths and measured demand at the plurality of network nodes and point-to-point network paths; identifying a set of failure scenarios for the target communication network; determining anticipated routing results at the plurality of network nodes and point-to-point network paths for each failure scenario in the set of failure scenarios, wherein the routing results are based on routing protocols independent of a demand at each of the plurality of network nodes; calculating load estimates for the target communication network by applying the anticipated routing results for each failure scenario in the set of failure scenarios; processing the updated load estimates; and causing the generation of an output corresponding to the processed updated load estimates.