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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2016
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zafar Ali, Hicksville, NY (US);
Muthurajah Sivabalan, Ontario, CA;
Clarence Filsfils, Brussels, BE;
Jan Medved, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/5051 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 47/825 (2013.01);
Abstract
Bandwidth usage for an existing communication tunnel between a first device and second device is monitored. A determination is made that additional bandwidth is required for communication between the first network device and the second network device. A determination is made that for the addition of the additional bandwidth would exceed available bandwidth for the existing tunnel. Additional bandwidth is established between the first network device and the second network device.