Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of managing flows on a network is provided. The method comprises: identifying a first flow on the network; identifying a second flow on the network; responsive to identifying the first flow, determining a priority of the first flow; responsive to identifying the second flow, determining a priority of the second flow; comparing the priority of the first flow to the priority of the second flow to determine which flow has the lower priority; and distributing bandwidth from a flow having lower priority to a flow having higher priority.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and processor program products for determining a set of costs of routes in a network, including providing a model of the network, optimizing the model for maximum network lifetime, updating the model using at least one constraint based on the maximum network lifetime, optimizing the updated model for minimum network latency, modifying the updated model using a constraint based on the minimum network latency, and, optimizing the modified updated model by balancing the network across multiple pathways to provide costs of routes in the network.

Abstract: Described are methods, systems, and processor program products for determining a set of costs of routes in a network, including providing a model of the network, optimizing the model for maximum network lifetime, updating the model using at least one constraint based on the maximum network lifetime, optimizing the updated model for minimum network latency, modifying the updated model using a constraint based on the minimum network latency, and, optimizing the modified updated model by balancing the network across multiple pathways to provide costs of routes in the network.