System and method of controlling in-bound path selection based on historical and continuous path quality monitoring, assessment and predictions
First Claim
1. A method of automatically controlling traffic between communications peers, the method comprising:
- performing path quality assessments for a first portion of a path between a first communications peer and a second communications peer at a first historical path quality assessment and prediction system;
performing path quality assessments for a second portion of the path between the first communications peer and the second communications peer at a second historical path quality assessment and prediction system;
concatenating the path quality assessments for the first and second portions of the path between the first communications peer and the second communications peer at the second communications peer or the second historical path quality assessment and prediction system, wherein the path quality assessments include one or more quality metrics that are indicated in an Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) mechanism; and
making a path selection decision at the second communications peer or the second historical path quality assessment and prediction system based on the concatenated path quality assessments.
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Abstract
A system and method of automatically controlling in-bound traffic from a first communications peer to a second communications peer based on an input from a historical path quality assessment and prediction system is disclosed. The second communications peer receives an input from the historical path quality assessment and prediction system, selects a path through a relay based on the received input, requests allocation of the relay, and sends an address of the selected relay to the first communications peer. The system and method works in concert with an Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) mechanism, or takes advantage of the features of the Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) mechanism.
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1. A method of automatically controlling traffic between communications peers, the method comprising:
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performing path quality assessments for a first portion of a path between a first communications peer and a second communications peer at a first historical path quality assessment and prediction system; performing path quality assessments for a second portion of the path between the first communications peer and the second communications peer at a second historical path quality assessment and prediction system; concatenating the path quality assessments for the first and second portions of the path between the first communications peer and the second communications peer at the second communications peer or the second historical path quality assessment and prediction system, wherein the path quality assessments include one or more quality metrics that are indicated in an Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) mechanism; and making a path selection decision at the second communications peer or the second historical path quality assessment and prediction system based on the concatenated path quality assessments. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system for automatically controlling traffic between communications peers, the system comprising:
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a first communications peer; a first historical path quality assessment and prediction system that performs path quality assessments for a first portion of one or more paths; a second communications peer; and a second historical path quality assessment and prediction system that performs path quality assessments for a second portion of the one or more paths, wherein the second communications peer or second historical path quality assessment and prediction system concatenates the path quality assessments for the first and second portions of the one or more paths, wherein the path quality assessments include one or more quality metrics that are indicated in an Interactive Connectivity Establishment (ICE) mechanism, and wherein the second communications peer or second historical path quality assessment and prediction system makes a path selection decision based on the concatenated path quality assessments. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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