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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Inventors:
Hariharan Balasubramanian, Oak Park, CA (US);
Smita Rai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Sanjay Sane, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2011.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 9/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An example method is provided and can include initiating a probe session at a source network element; identifying multiple paths from the source network element to a destination network element in a network; transmitting packets from the source network element along the multiple paths; compiling a list of network characteristics associated with the multiple paths; and selecting a particular one of the multiple paths for packet routing based on the network characteristics.