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Preserving the order of packets through a device

US7983290B2 · kind B2 · utility

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16Claims

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Assignee

Juniper Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Stefan Dyckerhoff · Palo Alto, US
Pankaj Patel · Cupertino, US
Pradeep Sindhu · Los Altos Hills, US
Ashok Krishnamurthi · San Jose, US
Hann-Hwan Ju · San Jose, US
Ramalingam K. Anand · Los Altos Hills, US
Dennis C. Ferguson · Palo Alto, US
Chang-Hong Wu · Cupertino, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 25, 2010
Grant date	Jul 19, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 25, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L49/103
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network device includes one or more sprayers, multiple packet processors, and one or more desprayers. The sprayers receive packets on at least one incoming packet stream and distribute the packets according to a load balancing scheme that balances the number of bytes of packet data that is given to each of the packet processors. The packet processors receive the packets from the sprayers and process the packets to determine routing information for the packets. The desprayers receive the processed packets from the packet processors and transmit the packets on at least one outgoing packet stream based on the routing information.

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