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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2022
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Ronak Desai, Oakland, CA (US);
Yibin Yang, San Jose, CA (US);
Rajagopalan Janakiraman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises determining, by a first networking device, that a first subflow of a multipath transmission control protocol (MPTCP) connection has been established between a first internet protocol (IP) address of a first computing device and an IP address of a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is multihomed to the first networking device and a second networking device. The method also includes determining, by the first or second networking device, a request to establish a second subflow of the MPTCP connection between a second IP address of the first computing and the IP address of the second computing device. In addition, the method includes advertising, by the first networking device, a primary IP address (PIP) of the first networking device for the first subflow and advertising, by the second networking device, a PIP of the second networking device for the second subflow.