Abstract:
Embodiments are provided for implementing traffic engineering (TE) using link buffer status. The link buffer status for each link is used to identify links with buffer build-ups. One or more of the capacity and resource parameters at the links with buffer build-ups are then reserved. This is achieved by modifying the capacity and resource input parameters to the TE model according to the level of build-ups in the link buffers, as reflected by the buffer status information from the links and nodes. The modified input capacity or resource parameters are then fed to a TE engine to calculate the routing of traffic across all links and paths. As such, the reserved capacity or resource is considered in the TE routing technique to route the traffic accordingly, leading to the depletion of link buffers with build-ups at all or multiple considered paths at the same time.