Patent ID: 9154634
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing network communications, the method comprising: gathering network performance information from a communications network using performance information packet (PIP) data packets, wherein gathering network performance information from the communications network includes gathering network performance information from a set of egress points between the communications network and an outside network, and wherein the network performance information for each egress point is attached to an end of a performance information payload of the PIP data packets; sending a PIP data packet to a network device causing network performance issues, wherein the PIP data packet gathers diagnostic data regarding the network performance issues; sharing the network performance information among the plurality of communicating networks; selecting a network connection including an egress point and an egress packet path within the communications network to the egress point offering a best quality of service between the communications network and an outside network based on the network performance information; and establishing the network connection between the communications network and the outside network for routing communications.