Load balancing over multiple tunnel endpoints
US10164885B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 28, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/622
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a managed forwarding element (MFE). The method receives a packet from a data compute node for which the MFE performs first-hop processing. The data compute node is associated with multiple tunnel endpoints of the MFE. The method determines a destination tunnel endpoint for the packet. The method uses a load balancing algorithm to select one of the multiple tunnel endpoints of the MFE as a source tunnel endpoint for the packet. The method encapsulates the packet in a tunnel using the source and destination tunnel endpoints.
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