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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2017
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Linus Aranha, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Murtuza Attarwala, Davis, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method may include an instruction to route the data to a destination. The method may additionally include inspecting the data to identify metadata associated with the data. The method may further include identifying, based on the metadata, a first routing path and a second routing path that both lead to the destination. The first routing path may include a first communication link associated with a first link classification, and the second routing path may include a second communication link associated with a second link classification. The method may also include selecting the first routing path based on a configuration preference and based on the first routing path including the first communication link associated with the first link classification. The method may additionally include transmitting the data along the first routing path via the first communication link.