Load balancing with unequal routing metrics in a meshed overlay network
US7936783B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2009 |
| Grant date | May 3, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 15, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L47/125
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In general, the invention is directed to techniques of load balancing network traffic among paths on a point-to-multipoint overlay network. In load balancing the network traffic, the techniques take into consideration costs associated with paths through the overlay network and costs associated with paths beyond the egress points of the overlay network, even when such costs may be unequal.
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