The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023

Filed:

Jun. 01, 2021
Applicant:

Tencent America Llc, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Paul Spencer Dawkins, Garland, TX (US);

Stephan Wenger, Hillsborough, CA (US);

Assignee:

TENCENT AMERICA LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/841 (2013.01); H04L 47/28 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/121 (2022.01); H04L 12/727 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/28 (2013.01); H04L 45/121 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of managing multipath traffic switching in a network includes a plurality of shared paths, including selecting a first path from among the plurality of shared paths; setting an initial timer to an initial timer value; sending network traffic over the first path; based on determining that at least one path characteristic of the first path is unsatisfactory and that the initial timer has not expired, generating an updated timer value by increasing the initial timer value; and based on determining that the at least one path characteristic of the first path is unsatisfactory and that the initial timer has expired, selecting a second path, sending the network traffic over the second path, and setting an updated timer to the updated timer value.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…