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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Junlan Zhou, Mountain View, CA (US);
Arjun Singh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Amin Vahdat, Mountain View, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments determine respective capacities of network links in a multi-stage network. Specifically, the capacities of the upstream links for a given network element are determined based on the capacities of the downstream links for that network element. According to the various embodiments, a network element determines the amount of data, i.e. traffic, which may be assigned to downstream links based on the determined capacities. A network element may not receive more traffic than the total direct downstream capacity of the network element. Thus, optimum throughput may be attained for the entire network.