Systems and methods for non-unicast/destination lookup fail (DLF) load balancing
US9792242B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 17, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L49/70
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Aspects of the present invention include a port extender environment using the port extenders to dynamically select a data path. In embodiments of the present invention, each port extender can communicate data traffic to another port extender or to a host receiver. The communication path is selected in the port extender using a hashing system.
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