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Determining and provisioning paths in a network

  • US 20060067236A1
  • Filed: 04/07/2005
  • Published: 03/30/2006
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network provisioning system for establishing a path between at least a first network element and at least a second network element, said at least a first network element and said at least a second network element being interconnected through a common network device, said system comprising:

  • an inventory subsystem for modeling each of said at least a first network element and said at least a second network element as one or more routing nodes in a graph, said graph comprising a plurality of routing nodes and a plurality of links interconnecting said plurality of routing nodes; and

    a routing engine adapted to use said graph for determining a path between said at least a first network element and said at least a second network element, wherein the inventory subsystem models said common network device as a link between said at least a first network element and said at least a second network element.

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