A general dimensioning method and system for allocating limited transmission resources to various virtual paths defined on top of a physical network. A two-level hierarchical structure is defined with a layer of one or more virtual paths on top of a layer of physical network elements. Traffic demand...http://www.google.com/patents/US5872918?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5872918 - System and method for optimal virtual path capacity dimensioning with broadband traffic
