Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Arvind Mukundan

Prashant Anand

Mustafa Arisoylu

Rohith Basavaraja

Himanshu Asnani

Myna Vajha

In one embodiment, a method for load balancing in a software-define networking (SDN) system includes, upon receiving a packet, determining whether a matching entry for the packet in a server distribution table contains both a current and new server selection. If the matching entry contains both, it is determined whether there is a matching entry for the packet in a transient flow table, where the transient flow table maintains server selections when at least one of the plurality of servers is reconfigured. Upon determining that there is no matching entry for the packet in the transient flow table, the method determines whether the packet is a first packet of a traffic flow. If the packet is the first packet of a traffic flow, the packet is forwarded according to the new server selection of the matching entry in the server distribution table, and the transient flow table is updated.

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Arvind Mukundan