Patent ID: 7843921

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, at a second router, a first router feedback request, the first router feedback request requesting connection quality data and originating from a first router between said second router and a source, where the first router feedback request comprises at least one quality of service parameter; generating, at said second router, a second router feedback request, the second router feedback request requesting connection quality data and comprising the first router feedback request and an address of the second router; transmitting, from said second router, said second router feedback request to at least one third router between said second router and a destination; in response to transmitting said second router feedback request, receiving, at said second router, third router feedback information from said at least one third router, the third router feedback information being different than said second router feedback request; in response to receiving said first router feedback request, generating, at said second router, second router feedback information based at least in part on the at least one quality of service parameter, the second router feedback information being different than said first router feedback request; and transmitting, from said second router, said second router feedback information and said third router feedback information to said at least one first router, the second router feedback information and said third router feedback information comprising connection quality data.