System and method to support enhanced equal cost multi-path and link aggregation group

L Yong, Y Peilin - US Patent 8,619,587, 2013 - Google Patents
An apparatus comprising a small flow forwarding module configured to distribute and
forward a plurality of packets that correspond to a plurality of small flows over a plurality of …

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing N-node multi-switch link aggregation groups (MLAGs)

DB Grosser Jr, S Ramamurthy - US Patent 9,385,942, 2016 - Google Patents
A system for providing at least one node of an n-node multi-switch link aggregation group
(MLAG) includes a packet forwarding device for receiving a packet destined for at least one …

Method and system for bi-level congestion control for multipath transport

CAC Marcondes, AD Persson, DP Johnson - US Patent 7,701,856, 2010 - Google Patents
A method for managing a network connection includes establishing the network connection
between an application and a packet destination, wherein the network connection …

Traffic Distribution and Bandwidth Management for Link Aggregation

L Dunbar, R Sultan, L Yong - US Patent App. 12/103,841, 2008 - Google Patents
An apparatus comprising a plurality of ingress ports, a routing logic coupled to the ingress
ports, and a plurality of egress ports coupled to the routing logic, wherein the routing logic is …

Dynamic group multipathing

NS Vaidya - US Patent 10,057,174, 2018 - Google Patents
The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for dynamic and adaptive load
balancing. An example method includes receiving, at a network device, a data packet to be …

Methods and systems for dynamic path selection and data flow forwarding

K Ramachandran, V Anand, N Yadav… - US Patent …, 2018 - Google Patents
A method includes detecting a data flow and an associated originating interface on a
network, determining a first link over which to forward the data flow, transmitting the data flow …

System and method of flow aware resilient ECMP

VK Kulkarni, B Jain - US Patent 10,785,145, 2020 - Google Patents
A method and apparatus of a network element that processes network data in an equal cost
multi-path (ECMP) group is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the network element …

Method and system for label-based packet forwarding among multiple forwarding elements

PP Tang, M Mishra, S Bakshi - US Patent 7,397,795, 2008 - Google Patents
A method and system for label-based packet forwarding among multiple forwarding
elements is described. The system includes a plurality of forwarding elements to forward a …

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for improved multi-switch link aggregation group (MLAG) convergence

DB Grosser Jr, S Ramamurthy - US Patent 8,730,963, 2014 - Google Patents
The subject matter described herein includes methods, sys tems, and computer readable
media for improved multi Switch link aggregation group (MLAG) convergence. According to …

System and method for routing data on a packet network

RJ Morrill, WL Wiley, MK Bugenhagen - US Patent 9,712,445, 2017 - Google Patents
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