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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2008
Paramesh Kailasam, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Anand Vinayagam, Northridge, CA (US);
Paramesh Kailasam, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Anand Vinayagam, Northridge, CA (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for forwarding a packet from a first node toward a second node using a link aggregation group that includes as plurality of links connecting the first node and the second node. In one embodiment, a method includes selecting one of a plurality of ports of the link aggregation group using a weighting of the ports according to a respective plurality of port speeds of the ports of the link aggregation group and propagating the packet from the first node toward the second node via the selected one of the ports of the link aggregation group. In one embodiment, the port is selected using a port selection table weighted according to the ports speeds of the ports of the link aggregation group. In one embodiment, for each port of the link aggregation group, the number of table entries of the port selection table is substantially proportional to the port speed of that port of the link aggregation group.