APPLICATION AWARE MULTIHOMING FOR DATA TRAFFIC ACCELERATION IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

摘要

A method for application aware multihoming with multipath tunneling protocols is provided. A message client data packet is classified based an application from which the data packet originated. The header structure of the data packet is modified to generate a proxy data packet comprising the client data payload and a proxy header structure. The proxy header structure comprises source-client and destination-server parameters and an identifier of a client-proxy device, protocol parameters indicating a source protocol sequencing of the message client data packet, and protocol parameters including source parameters of the client-proxy device and destination parameters of a server-proxy device. A network communications link is selected for transmission of the proxy data packet to the server-proxy device, where the selection is based on the classification of the message client data packet. The proxy data packet is transmitted to the server-proxy device via the network communications link.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a client-proxy device located at a client node of a data communications network, a first client data packet of a source client data flow originating from a source-client device, wherein the first client data packet comprises a client data payload and a client header structure based on one or more data communications protocols; determining a message classification for the first client data packet based on one or more application-based parameters associated with an application from which the first client data packet originated; modifying the client header structure of the first client data packet to generate a client-proxy data packet comprising the client data payload and a client-proxy header structure, wherein the client-proxy header structure comprises flow information including source-client and destination-server parameters and an identifier of the client-proxy device, one or more protocol parameters of the client header structure indicating at least a source protocol sequencing of the first client data packet, and parameters of a first proxy data communications protocol including at least one source parameter of the client-proxy device and at least one destination parameter of a server-proxy device located at a server or gateway node of the data communications network; selecting a first one of a plurality of network communications links for transmission of the client-proxy data packet to the server-proxy device, wherein the selection is based on the determined message classification of the first client data packet; transmitting the client-proxy data packet to the server-proxy device via the first network communications link, wherein the first proxy data communications protocol is configured for the transmission of the client-proxy data packet to the server-proxy device via a respective protocol connection over the first network communications link.