US 9,806,997 B2 · Service specific route selection in communication networks

Abstract

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture (e.g., physical storage media) to perform service specific route selection in communication networks are disclosed. Example route selection methods disclosed herein include determining respective component performance parameters for network components of a communication network based on a weighting profile associated with a first service from a plurality of different services for which traffic is to be routed in the communication network. Disclosed example route selection methods also include determining, based on the component performance parameters, respective path performance parameters for a plurality of candidate paths between two endpoints in the communication network. Disclosed example route selection methods further include selecting, based on the path performance parameters, a first one of the candidate paths to route traffic for the first service between the two endpoints.

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Dependent claims

A route selection method comprising:

determining, by executing an instruction with a processor, respective component performance parameters for network components of a communication network based on a weighting profile for a first service of a plurality of different services for which traffic is to be routed in the communication network, the respective component performance parameters characterizing the performance of the network components for routing traffic for the first service relative to the performance of the network components for routing traffic for others of the plurality of different services;
determining, by executing an instruction with the processor, and based on the component performance parameters, respective path performance parameters for a plurality of candidate paths between two endpoints in the communication network;
and
selecting, by executing an instruction with the processor, and based on the path performance parameters, a first one of the candidate paths to route traffic for the first service between the two endpoints, the processor being in communication with memory storing the instructions.

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A tangible machine readable storage medium comprising machine readable instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

determining respective component performance parameters for network components of a communication network based on a weighting profile for a first service of a plurality of different services for which traffic is to be routed in the communication network, the respective component performance parameters characterizing the performance of the network components for routing traffic for the first service relative to the performance of the network components for routing traffic for others of the plurality of different services;
determining, based on the component performance parameters, respective path performance parameters for a plurality of candidate paths between two endpoints in the communication network;
and
selecting, based on the path performance parameters, a first one of the candidate paths to route traffic for the first service between the two endpoints.

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An apparatus to perform route selection, the apparatus comprising:

memory including machine readable instructions;
and
a processor in communication with the memory, the processor to execute the machine readable instructions to perform operations including:
determining respective component performance parameters for network components of a communication network based on a weighting profile for a first service of a plurality of different services for which traffic is to be routed in the communication network, the respective component performance parameters characterizing the performance of the network components for routing traffic associated with the first service relative to the performance of the network components for routing traffic associated with others of the plurality of different services;
determining, based on the component performance parameters, respective path performance parameters for a plurality of candidate paths between two endpoints in the communication network;
and
selecting, based on the path performance parameters, a first one of the candidate paths to route traffic for the first service between the two endpoints.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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