US 12,615,284 B2 · Optimizing network traffic obfuscation based on aggregated network performance

Abstract

In some examples, a method includes receiving, from a plurality of agents executing on scatter network devices, network performance metrics, at least some of the scatter network devices serving as endpoints for logical communication channels formed via a communication channel provider for which a first Internet service provider provides Internet backhaul and the logical communication channels traverse a first relay; aggregating the network performance metrics received from the plurality of agents; analyzing the aggregated network performance metrics to determine operational characteristics of a network; determining, based on the operational characteristics of the network, that the Internet service provider has transitioned from the first Internet service provider to a second Internet service provider to provide the Internet backhaul; and responsive to the determining, providing an instruction to the plurality of agents to modify operational settings of the agents to form logical communication channels that traverse a second relay.

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Dependent claims

A method of optimizing network traffic obfuscation based on aggregated network performance, comprising:

receiving, from a plurality of agents executing on scatter network devices, network performance metrics, at least some of the scatter network devices serving as endpoints for logical communication channels formed via a communication channel provider for which a first Internet service provider provides Internet backhaul and the logical communication channels traverse a first relay;
aggregating the network performance metrics received from the plurality of agents;
analyzing the aggregated network performance metrics to determine operational characteristics of a network;
determining, based on the operational characteristics of the network, that the Internet service provider has transitioned from the first Internet service provider to a second Internet service provider to provide the Internet backhaul;
and
responsive to the determining, providing an instruction to the plurality of agents to modify operational settings of the agents to form logical communication channels that traverse a second relay.

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A method of optimizing network traffic obfuscation based on aggregated network performance, comprising:

obfuscating, by a scatter network node comprising at least one non-transitory memory and at least one processor, a first plurality of data packets according to a first machine learning (“ML”) obfuscation model of a plurality of ML obfuscation models associated with a logical communication channel;
transmitting, by the scatter network node, the obfuscated first plurality of data packets via the logical communication channel to a counterpart scatter network node;
transmitting, by an agent stored in the at least one non-transitory memory and executable by the at least one processor, performance metrics associated with the logical communication channel to a server;
receiving, by the agent from the server, a control input configured to cause the scatter network node to select, by the agent, a second ML obfuscation model of the plurality of ML obfuscation models;
obfuscating, by the scatter network node, a second plurality of data packets according to the second ML obfuscation model;
and
transmitting, by the scatter network node, the obfuscated second plurality of data packets via the logical communication channel to the counterpart scatter network node.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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