Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Weighted distribution across paths of degraded quality
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Application No.: US15264261Application Date: 2016-09-13
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Publication No.: US09762495B1Publication Date: 2017-09-12
- Inventor: Hsiu Lan Chen , Robert K. Floyd, III , James W. Ling , Stephen Sauer , Liviu Tudorache
- Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti P.C.
- Main IPC: H04L12/803
- IPC: H04L12/803 ; H04L12/707

Abstract:
A method, computer program product, and system for adjusting network traffic balance among a plurality of communication links between a first network node and a second network node on a computing network includes a processor receiving over a computing network from a network device, performance metrics for a plurality of communications links between a first network node and a second network node on the computing network and based on receiving the performance metrics, the processor determines degradation in network performance on at least one of the plurality of communication links. The processor determines a weight for each communication link, associating a lower weight with the degraded link(s), and formulates instructions for an adjusted network traffic balance among the links, based on the weights. The processor transmits the instructions to a network device on the computing network and upon receipt of the instructions, the network device adjusts the network traffic balance among the links in accordance with the instructions.
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