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Granted Patent B2
US 9,813,322 · App. 14/763,757 · Granted Nov 7, 2017

Sending traffic policies

Inventors: Vishwas Manral (Palo Alto, CA); James S. Hiscock (Rockport, MA)
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
H04L43/10H04L45/00H04L45/66H04L47/122H04L47/17H04L47/266H04L47/762H04L65/1006
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,813,322
App. No.
14/763,757
Filed
Jul 27, 2015
Granted
Nov 7, 2017
Kind
B2
Examiner
JAIN, RAJ K
Art Unit
2411
USPC
370/237
Abstract

Sending traffic policies includes identifying a location of an issue source with a first router in a network layer of an interconnected network and sending to a second router located along a route towards the issue source a traffic policy that addresses an issue caused with the issue source.

Claims (25)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a first router in a network, a message from a device in the network, the message indicating that the device is having a traffic congestion issue;

in response to receipt of the message, identifying, by the first router, a source of the first router's traffic; and

sending, from the first router to a second router located along a route towards the source of the first router's traffic, a traffic policy that addresses the traffic congestion issue to cause the second router to solve the traffic congestion issue.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said traffic policy is to cause the second router to change a link bandwidth allocation along an end to end route through said network.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said traffic policy is to notify the second router that the device behind said first router is congested.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said traffic policy is to cause said second router to pause sending at least some traffic from the source to said first router.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the source of the first router's traffic includes obtaining a message from the device behind said first router that identifies the source of the traffic in a data link layer of the network.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the traffic policy is to instruct the second router to reduce sending the traffic from the source.

7. A first router, comprising:

an identification engine to, in response to receiving a message from a device in a network indicating that the device is having a traffic congestion issue, identify a source of the first router's traffic;

a traffic policy engine to identify a traffic policy to address the traffic congestion issue; and

a sending engine to send said traffic policy to a second router that is along a route towards said source to cause the second router to solve the traffic congestion issue.

8. The first router of claim 7 , further comprising a notification engine to generate a traffic notification intended for at least said second router.

9. The first router of claim 7 , wherein the traffic policy is to cause the second router to pause sending at least some traffic from the source to the first router.

10. The first router of claim 7 , wherein the traffic policy is to cause the second router to change link bandwidth allocations in an end to end route through the network.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause a first router to:

receive a message from a device in a network indicating that the device is having a traffic congestion issue;

in response to receipt of the message, identify a source of the first router's traffic;

identify a traffic policy to address the traffic congestion issue; and

send said traffic policy to a second router located along a route towards said source to cause the second router to solve the traffic congestion issue.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the traffic policy is to cause the second router to change link bandwidth allocations in an end to end route through said network.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the traffic policy is to notify the second router about said traffic congestion issue.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the traffic policy is to cause the second router to restrict the traffic from the source to said first router.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein said traffic congestion issue is caused by a non-optimized link bandwidth allocation in said network.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 9, 2015
From: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
To: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Reel/Frame 037079/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2015
From: MANRAL, VISHWAS; HISCOCK, JAMES S.
To: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Reel/Frame 036187/0325 →
Continuity (1)
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