Patent ID: 11870652
Assignee: LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for custom-defined network routing, the method comprising:
receiving, at a primary network, authentication information;
identifying, based on the authentication information, a customer network, the customer network distinct from, and in communication with, the primary network;
receiving, at a controller of the primary network, one or more forwarding modifications specific to traffic transceived with the customer network, the one or more forwarding modifications custom defining a set of rules for forwarding network traffic transceived with the customer network and custom specifying at least one edge router of the primary network to which the one or more forwarding modifications apply; and
distributing the custom defined set of rules from the controller to the at least one edge router of the primary network custom specified in the one or more forwarding modifications for storing in a forwarding table specific to the customer network on the at least one edge router, wherein at least a first rule of the custom defined set of rules defines a priority for application of the first rule in case the first rule conflicts with another rule of the custom defined set of rules to the network traffic at the at least one edge router,
wherein each of the custom defined set of rules defines a duration for application to the network traffic at the at least one edge router.