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

Claim 7:
8. A system for custom-defined network routing, the system comprising:
a controller of a primary network in communication with a customer network, the controller generating a custom defined set of rules for network traffic associated with the customer network based on one or more forwarding modifications, wherein the one or more forwarding modifications custom specifies at least one edge router of the primary network to which the one or more forwarding modifications apply;
the at least one edge router of the primary network in communication with the controller, the at least one edge router custom specified in the one or more forwarding modifications and receiving the custom defined set of rules from the controller; and
a forwarding table on the at least one edge router storing the custom defined set of rules,
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.