US 11,936,565 B2
Methods and apparatus for data traffic control in networks
Carlo Giovanni Perocchio, Genoa (IT); Manuela Scarella, Genoa (IT); Marco Marchesini, Genoa (IT); and Francesco Lazzeri, Genoa (IT)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 17/288,284
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Nov. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/080038
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/088779, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0392082 A1, Dec. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 12/851 (2013.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/24 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/24 (2013.01) [H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/82 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for data traffic control in a network, the method comprising:
obtaining network topology information from a plurality of physical resources used to transfer data traffic in the network;
determining priority levels for data traffic in the network;
using the network topology information and the determined priority levels to calculate criticality values for physical resources from among the plurality of physical resources, the criticality values for the physical resources indicating the relative importance of the physical resources in the network; and
controlling the data traffic in the network to minimize at least one calculated criticality value of a sum of the calculated criticality values.