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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/707 (2013.01); H04L 12/703 (2013.01); H04L 45/17 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/17 (2022.05); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for processing packets in a network device, comprising: determining that a packet received by the network device is to be processed using a next hop group, selecting a member of the next hop group, and transmitting the packet to a second network device associated with a second member of the next hop group.