| CPC H04L 47/12 (2013.01) [H04L 47/825 (2013.01); H04L 49/70 (2013.01); H04L 69/169 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. A computer-implemented method for managing bandwidth in Fibre Channel over Internet Protocol (FCIP) communication channels, comprising:
monitoring traffic demand at an FCIP communication channel;
applying cognitive forecasting by using machine learning on historical traffic demand and patterns with pre-scheduling of bandwidth to predict throughput demand of the FCIP communication channel; and
in response to an anticipated period of throughput demand on the FCIP communication channel, dynamically changing a minimum and maximum bandwidth to reallocate bandwidth of unused tunnels.
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