Methods and apparatus to control traffic in a packet-switched network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8335162
APP PUB NO 20090046583A1
SERIAL NO

11838015

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Methods and apparatus to control traffic in a packet-switched network are disclosed. An example circuit manager comprises a probe interface to collect data representative of actual utilization of a network, a usage analyzer to estimate a utilization of the network for a future time interval based on the collected data, and a rebalancer to detect a trigger event based on the estimated utilization, and to automatically identify a future virtual circuit path through the network for the future time interval based on the estimated utilization when the trigger event is detected; wherein the probe interface, the usage analyzer and the rebalancer operate repetitively to route data in the network in response to actual data transmissions.

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  • AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.;AT&T KNOWLEDGE VENTURES, L.P.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Marathe, Nikhil Chicago, US 48 467
Nunez, Juan A Planfield, US 1 20
Towster, Henry Barrington, US 7 287

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