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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2008
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Ludovic Hazard, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
M. Stephen Sauer, Tourny, FR;
Lionel Denecheau, La Colle sur Loup, FR;
Ludovic Hazard, Tourrettes sur Loup, FR;
M. Stephen Sauer, Tourny, FR;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for implementing adaptive load sharing to balance network traffic. The method begins by identifying all paths in a network between a first provider edge and a second provider edge. Next determining jitter, packet delay, and packet loss for each identified path in the network. Then utilizing the jitter, packet delay, and packet loss values, calculating a usage value for each path in the network. The usage value corresponds to the percentage of all network traffic which a specific path in the network may manage. When data is received by the first provider edge, the provider edge selects the appropriate path for the data. The appropriate path being the path with the largest usage value which is currently not managing a percentage of the network traffic that is equal to its usage value.