Techniques for informing communications networks of desired packet transport treatment
US11228402B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 12, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 18, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W28/0263
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is described and in one embodiment includes receiving at a first node in a communications network a Session Traversal Utilities for Network Address Translation (“STUN”) message associated with a first flow, wherein the STUN message comprises a flow attribute including corresponding to the first flow; analyzing the flow attribute at the first node; setting policy corresponding to the first flow in the network based on the analyzing, wherein setting the policy includes using the flow attribute of the STUN message to configure a network path for the first flow in the communications network; and forwarding the STUN message to a next network node.
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