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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2012
David Ian Allan, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Ward Gray, Pitman, NJ (US);
Joel Halpern, Leesburg, VA (US);
Scott Andrew Mansfield, Evans City, PA (US);
David Ian Allan, San Jose, CA (US);
Eric Ward Gray, Pitman, NJ (US);
Joel Halpern, Leesburg, VA (US);
Scott Andrew Mansfield, Evans City, PA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A network element disposed in a network, where the network element implements a process to manage load distribution across a plurality of network interfaces of the network. The network element redirects traffic flow directed toward the plurality of network interfaces in response to changes in configuration of the plurality of network interfaces, where each traffic flow is a set of protocol data units (PDUs), having an ordered delivery requirement, and where the PDUs are transmitted across the network between a source node and a destination node. The redirection process minimizes data traffic flow disruption when the load distribution is determined using a set of load distribution tables instead of a hashing algorithm.