Optimal Routing View routing as\global\ optimization problem Assumptions: The cost of using a link is a function of the flow on that link The total network cost is the sum of the link costs The required traffic rate between each source-destination pair is known in advance Traffic between source-destination pair can be split along multiple paths with infinite precision
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