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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Fengman Xu, Allen, TX (US);
William F. Copeland, Garland, TX (US);
Khalid M. Elshatali, Allen, TX (US);
Luis M. Tomotaki, Allen, TX (US);
Fengman Xu, Allen, TX (US);
William F. Copeland, Garland, TX (US);
Khalid M. Elshatali, Allen, TX (US);
Luis M. Tomotaki, Allen, TX (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method, a device, and a storage medium provide for storing traffic policies pertaining to egress traffic to a network; receiving a traffic flow; computing a route for the traffic flow; identifying at least one of one or more labels associated with the traffic flow or a network address associated with a remote provider edge device associated with the traffic flow; selecting one or more traffic policies in response to at least one of an identification of the one or more labels or an identification of the network address; and transmitting along the route in the network according to the one or more traffic policies.