An automated computer implemented method and system for determining balanced traffic flows comprises: automatically identifying, via a computer processor, current device count configuration for a communication link comprising a first end point and a second end point where the communication link is part of a network; determining a flow intensity for the communication link wherein the flow intensity comprises a first transmit intensity and a first receive intensity for the first end point and a second transmit intensity and a second receive intensity for the second end point; determining a flow matrix for the communication link where the flow matrix is proportional to the flow intensity of the first end point and the second end point; and providing the flow matrix to a network capacity planning tool for flow matrix deployment for the network.