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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2011
Subhasree Mandal, San Jose, CA (US);
Arjun Singh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashish Naik, Los Altos, CA (US);
Subhasree Mandal, San Jose, CA (US);
Arjun Singh, Mountain View, CA (US);
Ashish Naik, Los Altos, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
System and methods for efficiently distributing data packets in a multi-path network while maintaining flow affinity are provided. In one aspect, a system and method includes calculating hash values for distributing different flows, or sets of flows, of data packets received at a routing device. The hash value is calculated not only using information in the data packets, but also based on additional information that is determined based on an N-bit derived from the data packets. In some cases, calculating a hash value based on the additional information increases the entropy of the hashing function, thus enabling a routing device to distribute different flows of data packets over a greater number of network paths. Each routing device can derive a different, and randomly generated N-bit key while maintaining flow affinity for each received data packet in a given flow of data packets.