Patent ID: 11876717
Assignee: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
a computing device; and
a first network device;
wherein the computing device comprises:
one or more first processors; and
memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors of the computing device, configure the computing device to:
receive a request message;
generate, based on the request message, a flow identifier;
determine a route associated with the flow identifier, wherein the route comprises:
the first network device, of a plurality of network devices,
a second network device, of the plurality of network devices, and
an intermediary network device, of the plurality of network devices, between the first network device and the second network device; and

send, to the first network device and the intermediary network device, the flow identifier and an instruction to route data packets based on the route; and

wherein the first network device comprises:
one or more second processors; and
memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors of the first network device, configure the first network device to:
receive the flow identifier and the instruction to route data packets.