Patent AT-E400111-T1: [Translated] TRAFFIC FLOW OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM

A method of calculating data traffic flow in a communications network, the communications network comprising a plurality of nodes including a plurality of source nodes and a plurality of destination nodes, the nodes being connected to one another by links, the method comprising: (a) obtaining data traffic flow measurements through said nodes and links as input data; (b) correcting said input data if inconsistencies are detected; (c) calculating upper and lower bounds of data traffic flow from a selected one of the plurality of source nodes to a selected one of the plurality of destination nodes using the corrected input data.