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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Venson M. Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
Terry Figurelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Qingmin HU, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ryan Eric Redfern, Cerritos, CA (US);
Jianrong Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
Venson M. Shaw, Kirkland, WA (US);
Terry Figurelle, Redmond, WA (US);
Qingmin Hu, Sammamish, WA (US);
Ryan Eric Redfern, Cerritos, CA (US);
Jianrong Wang, Sammamish, WA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A downstream device in a network may monitor and collect data on its condition, including detecting overload conditions, and transmit such data to an upstream network device. The upstream network device may select a best downstream device for a particular traffic flow based on condition data received from downstream devices and transmit the traffic flow to the selected downstream device. A network management server may be configured to perform similar functions, instructing network devices on how to transport data through a network based on condition data received from such devices.