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Application Level Routing in a Mesh Router?

Posted by Cliff on from the intelligent-packet-control dept.

faisaladeem asks: "Are there such mesh routers that can re-route the traffic based on QoS? (I'm not talking about traffic shaping) For example, if data rate of a video stream decreases due to an increase in congestion along the path then the router will re-route the stream dynamically to a different path to ensure the QoS for the video traffic. Since a mesh network has many paths or routes, it can be assumed that a less congestive path can be found if the existing path becomes bandwidth constrained. I heard that MPLS supports this kind of functionality? Secondly, can a router estimate the latency/bandwidth on a specific route ?"

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  1. In a word: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes. You are looking for a

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    <28% packet loss>

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  2. Off-line Tool by Zoky · · Score: 2, Funny

    Another idea. try getting your Data Rate Information using SNMP, if the data decreases, modify your route advertisement thru another provider.