18965921. PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TRAFFIC REROUTING (AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.)
PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TRAFFIC REROUTING
Organization Name
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
Inventor(s)
Christopher W. Rice of Southlake TX US
PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TRAFFIC REROUTING
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18965921 titled 'PEER-TO-PEER NETWORK FOR TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK TRAFFIC REROUTING
Original Abstract Submitted
Devices, computer-readable media and methods are disclosed for establishing a peer-to-peer network for rerouting network traffic of a telecommunication network during a network disruption. For example, a processing system may detect a network disruption between a first device and a second device of the telecommunication network. The processing system may identify a first peering device having a connection to the first device of the telecommunication network, identify a second peering device having a connection to the second device of the telecommunication network, and establish a peer-to-peer network via at least the first peering device and the second peering device, wherein at least one of the first peering device or the second peering device is a mobile endpoint device configured to operate as a virtual network function. The processing system may then route network traffic between the first device and the second device via the peer-to-peer network.