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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2019
Applicant:
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Broomfield, CO (US);
Inventors:
Adam Charles Uzelac, Rochester, NY (US);
Paul Edward Erkkila, Palmyra, NY (US);
Assignee:
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04M 3/36 (2006.01); H04L 12/725 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04M 3/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 45/306 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04L 65/00 (2013.01); H04L 65/105 (2013.01); H04L 67/1014 (2013.01); H04M 3/00 (2013.01); H04M 3/367 (2013.01); H04L 65/1006 (2013.01); H04L 67/1002 (2013.01); H04L 67/288 (2013.01); H04N 21/23103 (2013.01); H04N 21/643 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure involve systems, methods, computer program products, and the like, for balancing or routing a received communication on a telecommunications network among a plurality of network devices. More particularly, a load balancing unit is associated with a telecommunications network that receives communications from one or more network devices intended for transmission through that network and selects an associated component of the network to process the communication.