Application performance based path-selection
AssigneeVersa Networks, Inc.
InventorsAkshay Adhikari, Amey Gavand, Sridhar Vishwanathan Iyer, Apurva Mehta
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Abstract
Embodiments herein disclose methods for selecting one or more paths for routing application traffic based on application performance metrics for hosted applications. In an embodiment, to select the best path, the available paths can be monitored to understand the performance of specific applications through those paths. Subsequently, the performance data is used to derive an application link score (ALS) for any given combination of application and path. The ALS is then be used to determine the best path for a given application.
Claims20
A method for selecting a path to an application through a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), the method comprising:
- monitoring available paths through an SD-WAN to reach a hosted application to obtain performance metrics associated with the available paths through the SD-WAN on a per-application and per-path basis;
- generating an application link score for a combination of the hosted application and an available path through the SD-WAN for the available paths through the SD-WAN;
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- selecting a path for traffic to travel through the SD-WAN to access the hosted application based on the application link scores corresponding to the available paths through the SD-WAN.
A computer readable medium that stores computer readable instructions, that when executed on one or more processors, implements a method for selecting a path to an application through a Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN), the method comprising:
- monitoring available paths through a Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) to reach a hosted application to obtain performance metrics associated with the available paths through the SD-WAN on a per-application and per-path basis;
- generating an application link score for a combination of the hosted application and an available path through the SD-WAN for the available paths through the SD-WAN;
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- selecting a path for traffic to travel through the SD-WAN to access the hosed application based on the application link scores corresponding to the available paths through the SD-WAN.
A method for selecting a path to an application through a network, the method comprising:
- monitoring available paths through a network to reach a hosted application to obtain performance metrics associated with the available paths through the network on a per-application and per-path basis;
- generating an application link score for a combination of the hosted application and an available path through the network for the available paths through the network;
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- selecting a path for traffic to travel through the network to access the hosted application based on the application link scores corresponding to the available paths through the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.