Patent · US Active

Bandwidth-aware multicast load balancing on a multi-interface host

US8427943B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Joshua B. Gahm · Newton, US
David R. Oran · Acton, US
Toerless Eckert · Mountain View, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2008
Grant date	Apr 23, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 23, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L47/15
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a network device having a plurality of network interfaces maintains a database tracking multicast memberships associated with the network interfaces. The network device then uses the database for load balancing received multicast traffic over the network interfaces.

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