Patent ID: 8788700
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A non-transitory Computer Readable Medium (CRM) comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations comprising: forwarding, at a network device on a first communication path between a first network node and a second network node, data traffic from (i) a first client communicatively coupled with the first network node toward (ii) a second client communicatively coupled with the second network node; instructing at least one of the first network node and the second network node to establish a second communication path, that does not include the network device, for transmitting at least a portion of the data traffic that is not subject to services by the network device; wherein subsequent to establishing the second communication path, both the first communication path and the second communication path are concurrently used for transmissions between the first client and the second client, wherein: