Method and apparatus for the distribution of network traffic
US8611251B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 8, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 17, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/03
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A packet network device, such as a router or switch, includes functionality that operates to receive network traffic, process the traffic as needed and to forward the traffic to its destination. Additionally, each router includes a weighted equal cost multipath routing function that operates to identify equal cost paths over which to forward the network traffic, to calculate a path weighting that is dependent upon the path bandwidth and to forward the traffic ingressing to it over each of the equal cost paths according to the calculated path weighting.
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