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Traffic engineering for an application employing a connectionless protocol on a network

  • US 6,785,273 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2000
  • Issued: 08/31/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for traffic engineering in a network of connectionless routers supporting a connectionless protocol, said method comprising the steps of:

  • assigning a plurality of different virtual network addresses to at least one network access router from among said connectionless routers;

    assigning a different route for each of said plurality of different virtual network addresses in a core network; and

    forwarding packets to the at least one network access router along different routes in the core network using the virtual network addresses.

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