Patent ID: 11902080
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A system for avoiding congestion in a slice-based network, comprising:
a non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions for a monitoring module; and
a processor that executes the monitoring module to perform stages comprising:
receiving data from multiple switches for a plurality of slices;
determining, based on the data from at least first and second switches, that a first service level agreement (“SLA”) specific to a slice is not met for that slice, wherein the slice uses the first and second switches, and wherein the first SLA for the slice is different than a second SLA for a different slice;
selecting an alternate slice path for the slice, the alternate path including a third switch that is not in an existing path for the slice; and
dynamically implementing the alternate slice path, including causing the first switch to send traffic for the slice to the third switch instead of the second switch.