Router Remote Link Manager Dynamic Path Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Routers are unable to dynamically switch data paths for data communications between clients on a local area network and servers on a wide area network, limiting the ability to optimize data transfer based on cost, speed, and priority.
Innovation Solution
A router device equipped with a remote link manager that automatically selects the best data path for routing data communications by processing path selection data and rules, considering factors like data transfer rates, signal strength, security, and client priority, to establish the most efficient connection.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a router connects to multiple data exchangers simultaneously, then the availability of data paths is improved, but the router cannot dynamically switch between paths, so data transfer optimization is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The router implements dynamic path selection by continuously monitoring link status information (data transfer rates, signal strengths, security settings) and automatically switching between multiple data exchangers based on current conditions. This transforms the static routing capability into a dynamic system that adapts to changing network conditions, resolving the contradiction between having multiple paths available and being able to optimize data transfer through active path switching.
2Device complexity
If manual path selection is used, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to changing network conditions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The router performs self-service by automatically monitoring its own link status information and making autonomous decisions about path selection without requiring manual intervention. The system evaluates data transfer rates, signal strengths, and security settings, then automatically switches between data exchangers based on predefined criteria, eliminating the need for complex manual routing configurations while maintaining high adaptability to network conditions.
3Productivity
If automatic path selection based on multiple criteria is implemented, then data transfer optimization is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The router optimizes data transfer by dynamically changing operational parameters (selected data path) based on monitored link status information (data transfer rates, signal strengths, security settings). The system evaluates multiple parameters simultaneously and adjusts the active data exchanger connection according to weighted criteria, achieving sophisticated optimization through parameter-based decision-making rather than complex structural mechanisms.
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AI summary
A method for selecting a data path includes identifying a plurality of available data paths between a router device and a wide area network. Path selection data is obtained. The path selection rules are processed with the obtained path selection data. For each of a plurality of data communications to be routed, one of the plurality of available data paths is selected according to the processing of the path selection rules. Each of the plurality of data communications is routed between a local area network and the wide area network via a data exchanger and a remote link that follows the data path selected for that data communication.