Payment Networks and Methods for Facilitating Data Transfers Within Payment Networks

摘要

Exemplary payment networks and methods are provided for facilitating data transfers. One exemplary method includes determining a performance of a first path through a first WAN between a hub and a customer, determining a performance of a second path through a second different WAN between the hub and the customer, causing a data traffic associated with a first class of application to be routed along the first path when the performance of the first path is within a first performance threshold, and causing the data traffic, when routed along the first path, to be switched to the second path when the performance of the first path fails to satisfy and/or violates the performance threshold.

主权项

1. A network for facilitating data transfer between a customer and at least one of a different customer and a payment network data center, the network comprising:
a hub coupled to a data center and including a first hub router coupled to a first wide area network (WAN) and a second hub router coupled to at least one of a second WAN and/or an Internet; a first edge router coupled to a customer and the first WAN, the first edge router including an engine, the first edge router configured to generate a first tunnel between the first edge router and the first hub router, via the first WAN; and a second edge router coupled to said customer and the at least one of the second WAN and/or the Internet, the second edge router configured to generate a second tunnel between the second edge router and the second hub router, via the at least one of the second WAN and/or the Internet, wherein the engine is configured to route data traffic between the hub and said customer, along the first tunnel, based on a first performance threshold of the first tunnel and to switch the data traffic to the second tunnel, when the first tunnel fails to satisfy the first performance threshold.