Network data transport multiplexer bus with global and local optimization of capacity allocation

A method for optimizing network data transport capacity allocation in a network configured to transport data from a set of source nodes to a destination node, the network having a network capacity, the method comprising:

• at the source nodes, monitoring amounts of data destined to the destination node that arrived at the source nodes during successive capacity allocation cycles;
• at the destination node, allocating the network capacity among the source nodes, for a future capacity allocation cycle, based at least in part on the amounts of data that arrived at the source nodes during a previous capacity allocation cycle, wherein the allocating produces a global capacity allocation among the source nodes for the future capacity allocation cycle;
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• at one or more of the set of source nodes, reallocating the network capacity, wherein the reallocating alters the global capacity allocation among the source nodes for the future capacity allocation cycle, and wherein the reallocating for the future capacity allocation cycle is performed subsequently to the allocating for that same future capacity allocation cycle.

A method for maximizing network data throughput via globally optimizing network capacity allocation by a destination node of a network and locally optimizing same by a plurality of source nodes, the method comprising a set of sub-processes including:

• receiving network data traffic by the destination node from the plurality of source nodes via a corresponding plurality of physical layer connections, each physical layer connection having a variable capacity;
• automatically adjusting the capacities of the physical layer connections by the destination node based at least in part on variations in volumes of data byte inflows associated with the physical layer connections from the source nodes to the destination node, wherein the adjusting produces a global capacity allocation among the source nodes for a future capacity allocation cycle;
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• readjusting the capacities of a plurality of the physical layer connections by at least one of the source nodes, wherein the readjusting alters the global capacity allocation among the source nodes for the future capacity allocation cycle, and wherein the readjusting for the future capacity allocation cycle is performed subsequently to the adjusting for that same future capacity allocation cycle.