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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 18, 2012
William L. Wiley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael K. Bugenhagen, Olathe, KS (US);
William L. Wiley, Overland Park, KS (US);
Michael K. Bugenhagen, Olathe, KS (US);
CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
A system and method for selecting communications routing. Network performance information is gathered from a communications network using performance information packet data packets. A network connection including an ingress packet path and an egress packet path offering the best quality of service is selected between the communications network and an outside network based on the network performance information. The network connection is established between the communications network and the outside network for routing communications.