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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Applicants:
Ning SO, Plano, TX (US);
Andrea Fumagalli, Dallas, TX (US);
Yuhua Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Assignees:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
University of Houston System, Houston, TX (US);
Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/729 (2013.01); H04L 12/713 (2013.01); H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/125 (2013.01); H04L 41/0803 (2013.01); H04L 47/14 (2013.01); H04L 47/122 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01);
Abstract
An approach is provided for dynamic congestion control among mobile virtual routers. A determination is made whether a congested segment of a network of a plurality of physical routers. A temporary congestion point is created at a mobile virtual router to divert traffic away from the congested segment using logical tunnels over non-congested physical links, wherein the mobile virtual router is configured to utilize resources of at least two of the physical routers.