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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2023
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Szigeti, Vancouver, CA;
David John Zacks, Vancouver, CA;
Jeff Apcar, Willoughby, AU;
Robert Edgar Barton, Richmond, CA;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite to route data through optimal satellite paths based on latency thresholds (and/or other QoS thresholds) for the application generating the data. The LEO satellite may identify the latency threshold from a data packet, where the latency threshold indicates an amount of time for the data packet to be relayed back down to a destination ground device. The LEO satellite determines available satellite paths through which data packets may be routed to destination ground stations. Further, the LEO satellite may determine latencies for transmitting traffic over the available satellite paths. The LEO satellite may compare the latency threshold for the data packet with the latencies of the available satellite paths, and select a satellite path that is optimal for transmitting the data packet. In this way, LEO satellites intelligently route data through satellite paths based on the type of traffic being transmitted.