Systems and methods to rerouting internet protocol traffic based on network user preferences
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMarc Owen Nutto Gottwerth, Margarat T. Chlasl, Joseph Thomas Stango
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Abstract
Example systems, apparatus, and methods to reroute Internet Protocol traffic based on network user preferences are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes detecting a network defect in a first communication path, receiving IP traffic associated with a network user at a router, wherein the IP traffic is to be routed by the router over the first communication path, and buffering the IP traffic associated with the network user during a first time period having a first duration defined by the network user.
Claims29
A method to reroute Internet Protocol (IP) traffic, the method comprising:
- detecting a network defect in a first communication path;
- receiving IP traffic associated with a network user at a router, wherein the IP traffic is to be routed by the router over the first communication path;
- and
- buffering the IP traffic associated with a network user during a first time period having a first duration defined by the network user.
An apparatus to reroute IP traffic, the apparatus comprising:
- a defect detector to detect a network defect on a first communication path;
- a defect counter to begin counting upon detection of the network defect;
- and
- a reroute processor to:
- determine when a count of the defect counter exceeds a first threshold defined by a network user;
- and
- after the count exceeds the first threshold, to update a routing table to reroute IP traffic associated with the network user from the first communication path to a second communication path.
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A machine-accessible medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a machine to:
- detect a network defect in a first communication path;
- receive IP traffic associated with a network user at a router, wherein the IP traffic is to be routed by the router over the first communication path;
- and
- buffer the IP traffic associated with the network user during a first time period having a first duration defined by the network user.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.