Enhancing the traffic carrying capacity of telecommunication networks
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1. A method for enhancing the carrying capacity of a network, comprising the steps of:
- detecting the level of traffic incident on the network; and
routing traffic by classifying traffic requests based upon the number of hops from a source node to a destination node, and providing selective preference to at least one class of traffic having a lesser number of hops relative to another class of traffic when the level of traffic incident on the network reaches a threshold level.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for enhancing the traffic carrying capacity of telecommunication networks, in particular those involving optical networks and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM).
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1. A method for enhancing the carrying capacity of a network, comprising the steps of:
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detecting the level of traffic incident on the network; and routing traffic by classifying traffic requests based upon the number of hops from a source node to a destination node, and providing selective preference to at least one class of traffic having a lesser number of hops relative to another class of traffic when the level of traffic incident on the network reaches a threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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2. A network router for use in routing traffic on a network, the network router comprising:
a processor detecting a level of traffic incident on a network and routing traffic by classifying traffic requests based upon the number of hops from a source node to a destination node, and providing selective preference to at least one class of traffic having a lesser number of hops relative to another class of traffic when the level of traffic incident on the network reaches a threshold level. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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