Administrative weight assignment for enhanced network operation
US6385172B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 19, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 7, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 19, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04Q2213/1338
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and communication networks having a plurality of connection-oriented switches in which administrative weights are assigned based on link call blocking probabilities. Three assignment schemes include, first, a solution that can be built in the switch software of sufficiently similar switches to enable the switches to determine administrative weights for their links. The second and third schemes employ administrative weight management stations. The second scheme uses an administrative weight management station that operates to enhance total network revenue or throughput in a communication network in which all of the switches implement a certain type of accounting management information databases (MIB). The third scheme uses an administrative weight management station that computes administrative weights for switches that do not have the capability for the second scheme, but which employ appropriate MIBs.
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