The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Sep. 15, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2024
Arista Networks, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sudip Regmi, San Ramon, CA (US);
Sakti Arunachalam, Surrey, CA;
Satyam Savita, Bangalore, IN;
Ryan Morris, Thornhill, CA;
Gerard Neale Phillips, Winchester, GB;
ARISTA NETWORKS, INC., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
AN MCS is provided to select a link between two zones for transmission of traffic. A user (e.g. broadcast controller) in one zone (e.g., Zone 1) configures a virtual link to another zone (e.g., Zone 2). The virtual link comprises a list of edge devices in Zone 1 and physical interfaces on those edge devices that link to Zone 2. The user selects a virtual link for traffic, and the MCS selects one of the constituent links of the selected virtual link to carry the traffic, taking into account load balancing criteria such as traffic flowing on the other links, link bandwidth, link loading, and so on. The MCS alleviates the user having to manage link usage between zones and provides more effective load balancing than simple techniques (e.g., hashing) which can result in hot spots in the fabric.