Multicast performance routing and policy control in software defined wide area networks
US11863427B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 23, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 2, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/64
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods provide for enabling multicast-based performance routing and policy controls for software-defined networking in a wide area network deployment including a multicast application-route policy based on sources, groups, receivers, dynamic application-route policy path selection from multicast replicators, and application-route SLA switchover across paths and multicast replicators based on SD-WAN multicast routing architecture; and dynamically selecting SD-WAN multicast replicators based on policies for replication including allowed multicast groups, geographic location, bandwidth indications, system load, and performance, and switching over dynamically across multicast replicators based real-time multicast replicator status updates.
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