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US20230145097A1 - Autonomous traffic (self-driving) network with traffic classes and passive and active learning
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A method and apparatus for dynamically routing traffic from a first network device to a second network device is described. In one implementation, the method includes sampling one or more qualified packets from an ingress stream using neural network classification criteria, appending a flow encapsulation header with the path information, providing the path information to the path computation engine at user approved time intervals, transmitting the packets to destination network device, and collecting real-time network telemetry data. Real-time network telemetry data is stored in a network health database. When a new network transfer is introduced, the system correctly identifies the characteristics of the transfer, in terms of size, throughput, jitter, latency, loss, and completion times. A corrective action is introduced that inputs the current network health information and transfer characteristics by generating corrective control rules to allow the transfer to be optimally routed (e.g., automatically) through the network.