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Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021

Filed:

Jun. 28, 2018
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Venugopal Hemige, San Ramon, CA (US);

Praveen Raju Kariyanahalli, San Ramon, CA (US);

Ravi Konduri, San Clara, CA (US);

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of routing network traffic may include determining a first data link preference configuration indicating a first preference order for a first plurality of data links over which a first network device communicates. The method may also include receiving a second data link preference configuration indicating a second preference order for a second plurality of data links over which a second network device communicates. The method may additionally include, based on a combination of the first data link preference configuration and the second data link preference configuration, determining a preferred data link to transmit data from the first network device to the second network device. The method may include transmitting data over the preferred data link from the first network device to the second network device.


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