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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Inventors:

Nathan Lee Burns, Mountain View, CA (US);

Bin Wang, Fremont, CA (US);

Scott Wright Heath, Fairfax, CA (US);

Assignee:

Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/927 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 43/0829 (2013.01); H04L 47/805 (2013.01); H04L 69/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for dynamically routing packets using multi-flow and multi-path multiplexing connections. A first computing device and second computing device communicate via a plurality of data flows, which may be routed across various network paths. Each flow is defined by a set of network addresses, a set of ports, and a protocol specification, such as UDP. The second device sends information to the first device regarding the various data flows. The first device may send probing packets to facilitate collecting data flow information. Information may include latency, packet loss, and other values. Based on the information received, the first device may select or prioritize data flows to mitigate congestion, and address performance criteria. The first device may also transmit information regarding selected data flows to other devices, allowing the other devices to utilize a selected data flow even if they lack multiplexing capability.


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