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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ali Sajassi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Arman Rezaee, Seattle, WA (US);
Pradeep Kumar Kathail, Los Altos, CA (US);
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
According to an embodiment, a node comprises one or more processors operable to execute instructions to cause the node to perform operations. The operations comprise determining a link quality associated with each satellite link of a plurality of satellite links and applying load balancing to the plurality of satellite links. The load balancing is based at least in part on the respective link quality associated with each satellite link. The load balancing comprises determining which of the satellite links to include in an active set selected to communicate data to or from the node and, for each satellite link in the active set, determining a portion of the data to communicate via the respective satellite link. The operations further comprise transmitting or receiving the data via the satellite links in the active set. Each satellite link in the active set communicates its respective portion of the data.