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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2010
Stefan Dyckerhoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pankaj Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pradeep Sindhu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashok Krishnamurthi, San Jose, CA (US);
Hann-hwan Ju, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramalingam Krishnamurthi Anand, San Jose, CA (US);
Stefan Dyckerhoff, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Pankaj Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pradeep Sindhu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashok Krishnamurthi, San Jose, CA (US);
Hann-Hwan Ju, San Jose, CA (US);
Ramalingam Krishnamurthi Anand, San Jose, CA (US);
Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A bandwidth divider and method for allocating bandwidth between a plurality of packet processors. The bandwidth divider includes a plurality of counters for measuring the bandwidth of data packets transferred from the bandwidth divider to a respective packet processor; and a controller for analyzing the plurality of counters and transferring a data packet to a selected packet processor based on the contents of the counters. The method monitors the bandwidth consumed by the packet processors; determines, based on the bandwidth consumed by the packet processors, which packet processor has consumed the least amount of bandwidth; and allocates a next data packet to the packet processor which has consumed the least amount of bandwidth.