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Method, computer program product, and apparatus for providing a distributed router architecture

US8208376B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Bhumip Khasnabish · Lexington, US
Takkin G. Yum · Briarcliff Manor, US
David C. Wang · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 22, 2009
Grant date	Jun 26, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 11, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/16
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for providing distributed router architecture includes a processing element and a resource availability element. The processing element may be configured to receive indications of receipt of data associated with a service for routing to a destination address. The resource availability element may be in communication with the processing element and may be configured to monitor resource usage over a plurality of distributed resource planes. The processing element may be further configured to allocate a resource associated with routing the data based on the monitored resource usage.

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