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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2010
Brad Matthews, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Saratoga, CA (US);
Brad Matthews, San Jose, CA (US);
Bruce Kwan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mohan Kalkunte, Saratoga, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
Various example embodiments are disclosed. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may include a switch fabric. The switch fabric may be configured to assign packets to either a first flow set or a second flow set based on fields included in the packets. The switch fabric may also be configured to send a first packet from the first flow set to a first flow set destination via a first path. The switch fabric may also be configured to determine, based at least in part on delays of the first path and a second path, whether sending a second packet from the first flow set to the first flow set destination via a second path will result in the second packet reaching the first flow set destination after the first packet reaches the first flow set destination, the second packet having been received by the router after the first packet. The switch fabric may also be configured to send the second packet to the first flow set destination via the second path based at least in part on the determining that sending the second packet from the first flow set to the first flow set destination via a second path will result in the second packet reaching the first flow set destination after the first packet reaches the first flow set destination.