Application identification and overlay provisioning as a service
US9887936B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/24
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, a first device in a network receives application traffic sent from a source device towards a destination address. The first device sends the application traffic to a traffic identification service. The first device receives an instruction to establish a network tunnel to send the application traffic from the source device towards the destination address. The instruction is based on a classification of the application traffic by the traffic identification service. The first device establishes the network tunnel to send the application traffic from the source device towards the destination address.
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