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Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2025

Filed:

May. 23, 2024
Applicant:

Level 3 Communications, Llc, Denver, CO (US);

Inventors:

John R. B. Woodworth, Amissville, VA (US);

Dean Ballew, Sterling, VA (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 45/02 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/70 (2013.01); H04L 45/08 (2013.01); H04L 45/12 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01);
Abstract

Dynamic and self-healing optimized traffic rerouting is provided. A system and method are described for determining and implementing optimized traffic routing decision. A route orchestration system monitors network resource performance characteristics information for identifying a traffic redirection triggering event and for determining an optimized traffic control decision based on the network resource performance characteristics information. The decision may include software defined networking (SDN) instructions that may be communicated to one or more network resources (e.g., PE devices, P devices, and/or routers) that may cause traffic to be rerouted the one or more targeted servers. For example, the optimized traffic control decision may be determined to improve load balancing amongst performing servers and other network resources in the network while reducing or minimizing administrative costs. Network resources may include a programmatic component that allows the optimized traffic control decision determined by the route orchestration system to be implemented by the resource.


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