US 12,452,333 B2
Enhanced management of egress traffic to a peer communications network
William Power, Boulder, CO (US); and Glenn Goldstein, Brooklyn, NY (US)
Assigned to Level 3 Communications, LLC, Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Level 3 Communications, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/522,087.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/594,686, filed on Oct. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0141954 A1, May 1, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/14 (2006.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01); H04L 67/1012 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/1008 (2013.01) [H04L 12/1489 (2013.01); H04L 67/1012 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of managing egress traffic to a peer network, the method comprising:
generating, by a device, using a load balancer of a network, a logical egress traffic threshold for a peer network;
determining, by the device, using the load balancer, that first traffic from the network to the peer network is below the logical egress traffic threshold;
directing, by the device, second traffic from the network to the peer network based on the determination that the first traffic is below the logical egress traffic threshold;
determining, by the device, using the load balancer, that the second traffic from the network to the peer network has reached the logical egress traffic threshold;
directing, by the device, third traffic from the network away from the peer network based on the determination that the second traffic has reached the logical egress traffic threshold; and
determining that fourth traffic from the network to a second peer network is below a second logical egress traffic threshold,
wherein directing the third traffic away from the peer network comprises directing the third traffic to the second peer network based on the determination that the fourth traffic is below the second logical egress traffic threshold.