Method and system for automatically rerouting data from an overbalanced logical circuit in a data network

A system for automatically rerouting data from an overbalanced logical circuit in a data network, the system comprising:

• a network device for communicating status information for a logical circuit in the data network, wherein the logical circuit is identified by a first logical circuit identifier, the logical circuit comprising a communication path for communicating data;
• a logical element module, in communication with the network device, for receiving the status information for the logical circuit in the data network;
• and
• a network management module, in communication with the logical element module, for:
• requesting the status information from the logical element module;
• determining an overbalanced condition in the logical circuit based on the status information, wherein the overbalanced condition is indicative of congestion in the logical circuit;
• identifying a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path for communicating the data in the overbalanced logical circuit, wherein the alternate communication path comprises at least one currently unused logical connection in the data network;
• prior to rerouting the data from the logical circuit to the logical failover circuit, renaming a second logical circuit identifier of the logical failover circuit to the first logical circuit identifier of the logical circuit and storing the logical circuit identifier changes to a network database as reroute data;
• rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit without manual intervention;
• after rerouting the data to the logical failover circuit, determining whether the overbalanced condition in the logical circuit has been cleared;
• and
• if the overbalanced condition in the logical circuit has been cleared, then rerouting the data from the logical failover circuit to the logical circuit in the data network without manual intervention, wherein rerouting the data from the logical failover circuit to the logical circuit in the data network without manual intervention comprises:
• retrieving the reroute data from the database, and
• restoring original logical identifiers to the logical failover circuit.