Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Per-graph link cost assignment in layer 2 multipath networks
- Patent Title (中): 第2层多路径网络中的每图链接成本分配
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Application No.: US12800086Application Date: 2010-05-07
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Publication No.: US08509087B2Publication Date: 2013-08-13
- Inventor: Santosh Rajagopalan , Smita Rai , Gayatri Ramachandran , Sanjay Sane , Chandan Mishra , Hariharan Balasubramanian
- Applicant: Santosh Rajagopalan , Smita Rai , Gayatri Ramachandran , Sanjay Sane , Chandan Mishra , Hariharan Balasubramanian
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agent Cindy Kaplan
- Main IPC: H04L12/28
- IPC: H04L12/28
Abstract:
In one embodiment, a method includes assigning at a switch in a layer 2 multipath network, costs to a link in the network, each of the link costs associated with a different graph for forwarding traffic in the network, transmitting the link costs to other switches in the layer 2 multipath network, and receiving and forwarding traffic according to one of the graphs. An apparatus is also disclosed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110273990A1 Per-graph link cost assignment in layer 2 multipath networks Public/Granted day:2011-11-10
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