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Methods and systems for dynamic routing in a switched comunication network

US5615254A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 4, 1995
Grant dateMar 25, 1997
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Expiry dateApr 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04Q3/66
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and systems of traffic routing in a circuit switched communication network having a plurality of switches and a plurality of trunk groups connecting the switches are disclosed. The methods include a step of determining a set of alternate routing paths for each of a plurality of ordered pairs of the switches, wherein the number of alternate routing paths through each of the trunk groups is constrained to be less than a corresponding first predetermined threshold. In one embodiment, the alternate routing paths are determined by computing a solution to a predetermined integer programming problem. In another embodiment, a heuristic technique is used to determine the alternate routing paths.

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