In exemplary embodiments of the present invention, special metadata is added to link
monitoring protocol messages exchanged by pairs of adjacent nodes to allow such nodes to …

(57) ABSTRACT A packet routing method for directing packets of a session in an IP network
causes an intermediate node to obtain a lead packet of a plurality of packets in a given …

An advanced routing system and protocol (referred to herein as “Route Exchange” or “REX”)
hides familiar IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and replaces traditional routing logic with words and …

& Timbers LLP (57) ABSTRACT An intermediate node obtains a lead packet of a plurality of
packets in a session having a unique session identifier, modifies the lead packet to identify …

An intermediate node obtains a lead packet of a plurality of packets in a session having a
unique session identifier, modifies the lead packet to identify at least the intermediate node …

A method has provides a router having an input, an output, and a shared memory. The
router also has a forwarding path to forward a plurality of packets from the input to the output …

An intermediate node obtains a lead packet of a plurality of packets in a session having a
unique session identifier, modifies the lead packet to identify at least the intermediate node …

A method processes a session having a first session packet received by a current node in an
IP network having a plurality of nodes. The plurality of nodes includes a next node, and the …

A router is specially configured to implement a bilateral TCP state machine to monitor the
status of TCP sessions based on TCP sequence numbers in both forward session packets …

A method and apparatus for routing a plurality of session packets across a network toward a
destination modifies each packet to include a sequence number that is different from the …