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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2009
Peter Hanson, Fremont, CA (US);
Glen Anderson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peter Hanson, Fremont, CA (US);
Glen Anderson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method, apparatus and networking equipment for performing flow hashing is provided. The method may include obtaining, at a network node, a key for a packet; forming, at the network node, a first pseudorandom number as a function of a first polynomial generator and the key; forming, at the network node, a second pseudorandom number as a function of a second polynomial generator and the key; combining, at the network node, the first and second pseudorandom numbers to form a third pseudorandom number; and selecting, at the network node, as a function of the third pseudorandom number, a path to which to forward the packet.