Providing routing information to support routing by port groups via corresponding network paths
US8873567B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 28, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0876
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for providing routing information of a first router device supporting multi-path routing from a second router device to a destination node. In an embodiment, multiple egress ports of the first router device are coupled to a second router device, where port groups of the second router device correspond to multiple network paths to the destination node. A routing engine of the first router device may forward packets to the destination node based on a set of entries in a routing table. In another embodiment, the set of entries defines for each of the multiple egress ports of the first router device a correspondence to only a respective one of the port groups of the second router device.
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