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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2024
Applicant:
Level 3 Communications, Llc, Denver, CO (US);
Inventors:
John R. B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US);
Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (US);
Brian J. Strong, St. Louis, MO (US);
Stewart Bamford, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Assignee:
Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/12 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/42 (2022.01); H04L 47/122 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/123 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/42 (2013.01); H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present application describes a system and method for utilizing a tunnel in a networking routing protocol to provide a network segment access to additional servers when certain load balancing trigger events are detected.