Traffic distribution across a plurality of attachment circuits of a multihome site with a computer network using hashing algorithm
US8908517B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 10, 2011 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 3, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/7453
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, an edge device of a core network may receive a plurality of packets from a peripheral network having a plurality of active connections to the core network, where each packet has a destination address and a source address. The edge device may compute a hash on the destination address or the source address of each packet, and determine whether the computed hash corresponds to the edge device. In response to the computed hash not corresponding to the edge device, the edge device may drop the packet, and in response to the computed hash corresponding to the edge device, the edge device may process the packet to forward the packet, where the dropping and processing load balances the plurality of packets over the active connections and prevents formation of loops in the core network.
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