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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Applicants:
Rodney Fong, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ravikanth Samprathi, San Jose, CA (US);
Milton Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Suran DE Silva, Saratoga, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rodney Fong, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ravikanth Samprathi, San Jose, CA (US);
Milton Xu, San Jose, CA (US);
Suran de Silva, Saratoga, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one embodiment, a load-balancing algorithm ensures that both network nodes at endpoints of a group of physical links aggregated into a logical channel are using the same load-sharing algorithm and also ensures that the load-sharing algorithm is normalized so that the same flow traverses the same physical link in both directions.