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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Vincent E. Parla, North Hampton, NH (US);
Cullen Frishman Jennings, Calgary, CA;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for creating an optimal and secure data plane based on network constraints. The techniques may include establishing an initial networking connection for a data flow between a client device and a resource such that data plane traffic of the data flow is routed through a relay node disposed between the client device and the resource. In some examples, the techniques may include determining, using a Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translators (STUN) server, an alternate networking connection for the data flow that bypasses the relay node. Based at least in part on a determination that the alternate networking connection is a more optimal path for the data plane traffic than the initial networking connection, the techniques may include causing the data plane traffic of the data flow to be routed over the alternate networking connection.