METHOD FOR SMART DATA ROUTING THROUGH INTERCONNECTED NETWORKS

• US 20180019939A1
• Filed: 07/14/2016
• Published: 01/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cox Communications Incorporated (Cox Enterprises Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Cox Communications Incorporated (Cox Enterprises Incorporated)
• Inventors: Finkelstein, Jeffrey L.
• Granted Patent: US 10,742,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/04 Interdomain routing, e.g. hierarchical routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/123 Evaluation of link metrics techniques for monitoring network metrics H04L43/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/16 Multipoint routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/325 in the network layer [OSI layer 3], e.g. X.25 H04L69/16 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/08 Testing, supervising or monitoring using real traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/16 Gateway arrangements

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products facilitating network access. In one embodiment a method is provided comprising accessing a local network according to a first protocol, identifying a first data flow path for accessing a second network, identifying a second data flow path for accessing the second network, wherein accessing the second network over the second data flow path comprises accessing one or more intermediate networks according to a second protocol, segmenting the data into a first portion and a second portion based on one or more criteria, accessing the second network according to the second protocol and providing the first portion of the data from the first device to the second device over the second data flow path.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

accessing a local network according to a first protocol;

identifying a first data flow path for accessing a second network;

identifying a second data flow path for accessing the second network, wherein accessing the second network over the second data flow path comprises accessing one or more intermediate networks according to a second protocol;

segmenting data, for transmission to a second device, into a first portion and a second portion based on one or more criteria;

accessing the second network according to the second protocol; and

providing the first portion of the data from a first device to the second device over the second data flow path.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising providing the second portion of the data from the first device to the second device over the first data flow path.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the data is the entirety of the data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria comprise one or more cost based criteria.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria comprise one or more data transfer based criteria.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a data transfer rate for the first data flow path;

determining a data transfer rate for the first data flow path;

segmenting the data into the first portion for transfer over the second data flow path and a second portion for transfer over the first data flow path, wherein the segmenting is based on the determined data transfer rates for the first and second data flow paths.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a cost associated with transferring data over the first data flow path;

determining a cost associated with transferring data over the first data flow path;

segmenting the data into the first portion for transfer over the second data flow path and a second portion for transfer over the first data flow path, wherein the segmenting is based on the determined costs associated with transferring data over the first and second data flow paths.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a first portion of second data at the first device from the second device over the second data flow path.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a second portion of the second data at the first device from the second device over the first data flow path.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first protocol is an IGP protocol and the second protocol is a BGP protocol.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the second network over the first data flow path comprises accessing second network according to an OpenFlow protocol.

12. A system, comprising:

a data processing apparatus;

one or more network routing devices in communication with the data processing apparatus; and

a computer memory apparatus in data communication with the data processing apparatus and storing instructions executable by the data processing apparatus and that upon such execution cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising;

accessing a local network according to a first protocol;

identifying a first data flow path for accessing a second network;

identifying a second data flow path for accessing the second network, wherein accessing the second network over the second data flow path comprises accessing one or more intermediate networks according to a second protocol;

segmenting the data into a first portion and a second portion based on one or more criteria;

accessing the second network according to the second protocol; and

providing the first portion of the data from the first device to the second device over the second data flow path.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprises providing the second portion of the data from the first device to the second device over the first data flow path.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the first portion of the data is the entirety of the data.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the criteria comprise one or more cost based criteria and one or more data transfer based criteria.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprises:

determining a data transfer rate for the first data flow path;

determining a data transfer rate for the first data flow path;

segmenting the data into the first portion for transfer over the second data flow path and a second portion for transfer over the first data flow path, wherein the segmenting is based on the determined data transfer rates for the first and second data flow paths.

17. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprises:

determining a cost associated with transferring data over the first data flow path;

determining a cost associated with transferring data over the first data flow path;

segmenting the data into the first portion for transfer over the second data flow path and a second portion for transfer over the first data flow path, wherein the segmenting is based on the determined costs associated with transferring data over the first and second data flow paths.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprises receiving a first portion of second data at the first device from the second device over the second data flow path and receiving a second portion of the second data at the first device from the second device over the first data flow path.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the first protocol is an IGP protocol, the second protocol is a BGP protocol and accessing the second network over the first data flow path comprises accessing second network according to an OpenFlow protocol.

20. A computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

accessing a local network according to a first protocol;

identifying a first data flow path for accessing a second network;

identifying a second data flow path for accessing the second network, wherein accessing the second network over the second data flow path comprises accessing one or more intermediate networks according to a second protocol;

segmenting the data into a first portion and a second portion based on one or more criteria;

accessing the second network according to the second protocol; and

providing the first portion of the data from the first device to the second device over the second data flow path.