公开(公告)号：US20180241614A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-23

申请号：US15888620

申请日：2018-02-05

Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP

Inventor： Venkatesh Raman Ramteke ,  Thavamaniraja Sakthivel ,  Ramaprasad Hosaballi

IPC: H04L12/24 ,  H04L12/707 ,  H04L29/08

CPC classification number: H04L41/0663 ,  H04L41/147 ,  H04L45/22 ,  H04L67/16

Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a priority is determined for each element in a plurality of elements connected to a network. The plurality of elements may include a source element, a destination element and a first element selected for downtime. A reliability index is determined for each element in the plurality of elements and a plurality of alternate paths between the source element and destination element are determined, each alternate path including a corresponding plurality of elements. For each alternate path in the plurality, a total utilization of the corresponding plurality of elements of the alternate path may be determined for each of a plurality of time slots and a best time slot to be used as a time period for the downtime of the first element may be determined based on the total utilizations.