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US 2004/0111529 A1Published application
Dynamic host based load balancing of a multihomed network
AssigneeIntel Corporation, a Delaware corporation
InventorPankaj Parmar
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Abstract
A multihomed network distributes load information associated with different source address prefixes. A host dynamically balances the network load by directing global network traffic according to the load information. Load information may be delivered to the host using existing communication mechanisms, such as the neighbor discovery messages.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- receiving source address prefixes at a host having associated load information;
- selecting one of the source addresses according to the load information;
- and
- sending packets to an exist router or gateway according to the selected source address.
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A system comprising:
- one or more networking devices configured to detect and send load information;
- one or more site exit routers or gateway devices configured to collect the load information and send out the collected load information with associated address prefixes;
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- a host configured to receive the load information and associated address prefixes and select one of the source address prefixes according to the associated load information.
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A network device comprising:
- a processor configured to determine load information associated with different network processing devices and send the load information along with address prefixes associated with the different network processing devices to a host system for enabling the host system to select one of the address prefixes according to the load information.
An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated data that, when accessed, results in the following:
- receiving address prefixes that include associated load information;
- selecting one of the address prefixes according to the associated load information;
- deriving a source address using the selected address prefix;
- and
- transmitting data using the source address.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.