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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2017
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Rhett Smith, Kuna, ID (US);
Marc Ryan Berner, Monroe, WA (US);
Josh Powers, Pullman, WA (US);
David M. Buehler, Moscow, ID (US);
Jason A. Dearien, Moscow, ID (US);
Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc., Pullman, WA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure pertains to systems and methods to identify high-priority traffic within a software defined network ('SDN') and to route such traffic through physically distinct communication paths. Such routing may help to reduce network congestion faced by high-priority traffic and increase the reliability of transmission of such data. Certain embodiments may further be configured to generate a failover communication path that is physically distinct from a primary communication path. Still further, certain embodiments may be configured to suggest enhancements to a network that may improve a reliability criterion.