Patent ID: 9042370
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for determining a communications path, the method comprising: receiving a communications request; determining at least two potential communications paths over a packet network over which the communications request may be established; accessing network performance information associated with each node segment on the respective at least two potential communications paths, wherein the network performance information associated with each node segment includes a first set of network performance information for communicating in a first direction on the node segment and a second set of network performance information for communicating in a second direction on the node segment; determining a value associated with each potential communications path, each value indicative of communications operations on each potential communications path, wherein determining the value includes determining values representative of a slowest communications speed over each of the network nodes along each respective communications path; assigning a communications path to the communications request based on the determined values; and establishing a connection using the communications path.