Patent ID: 9036589
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first network device, an instruction to transmit a data flow; selecting, by the first network device, a particular one of one or more second network devices based on a selection rule, the one or more second network devices providing access to an external network; identifying, by the first network device, a path from the first network device to the particular one of the one or more second network devices from among a plurality of paths from the first network device to the particular one of the one or more second network devices, identifying the path being based on information that identifies the plurality of paths from the first network device to the particular one of the one or more second network devices, the path including one or more third network devices that are different from the first network device; and providing, by the first network device, the data flow to the particular one of the one or more second network devices via the path to cause the particular one of the one or more second network devices to transmit the data flow towards a destination device via the external network.