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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Venkata Siva N. Amulothu, Cary, NC (US);
Ashish Kapur, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Khurram Khani, Mountain House, CA (US);
Vishal Shukla, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods, computer program products, and systems for generating a shortest data path for data packets. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to exclude switches at or near their maximum capacity of flow entries from the shortest data path calculation. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to reduce the 'lag time' users can experience while waiting for data packets to be forwarded through different switches.