Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Miscellaneous
Patent
1996-09-10
2000-06-20
Levy, Stuart S.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Miscellaneous
709238, 709241, G06F 1700
Patent
active
060789468
ABSTRACT:
The system and method for provisioning resources in a network provides real time, parallel evaluation of the best path within the network using neural network principles. Elements of the network having a plurality of paths are assigned relative values according to a network user's requirements. Attributes may include factors such as reliability, cost, speed, distance, expandability, etc., and may be static or dynamic. Selection of a best path from the plurality of paths comprises application of fuzzy logic, using a threshold function to identify a best relative path value by providing an input to the function which is a combination of the attribute values of the elements within each path. The input to the function is the sum of weighted attribute values, where each attribute value is multiplied by a weight which is a relative value determined in accordance with the network user's priorities; the higher the priority, the greater the weight applied to that attribute. Computation of the threshold function is performed for each path and the resulting values are compared to a pre-determined threshold value to determine if the threshold has been crossed. If a single optimal path has not been identified during this step, the weights of the various attributes are adjusted in order of their priority; upward if no paths have crossed the threshold and downward if multiple paths have crossed the threshold. The process is continued with increasingly smaller incremental changes in the weights until a single combination of elements provides a path value which crosses the threshold, indicating the best path for meeting the network user's criteria. The threshold function may be any algorithm which provides a threshold, including sigmoid, linear, exponential and quadratic functions.
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First World Communications, Inc.
Kupstas Tod
Levy Stuart S.
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