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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 24, 2010
Cheng Tien EE, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Lee M. Breslau, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
Cheng Tien Ee, Rockaway, NJ (US);
Lee M. Breslau, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Berkeley Heights, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus to route packets in a network are disclosed. A disclosed example method includes receiving a packet in a packet aggregator, accessing a forwarding table to determine a router within a router array to which the packet is to be forwarded, transmitting the packet to the determined router via a first interface of the packet aggregator, identifying a second interface within the router to which the packet is to be forwarded, forwarding the packet from the router via the second interface to a virtual interface within the packet aggregator, and statically forwarding the packet from the packet aggregator to a destination based on the virtual interface that received the packet.