Transfer of network traffic for multi-homed devices

Logic encoded in one or more tangible media for execution and when executed operable to:

• receive capacity information from a network device, the capacity information identifying a network capacity of the network device;
• detect network traffic exceeding a threshold;
• identify an excess capacity of the network device based on the capacity information;
• and
• transfer a portion of the network traffic to the network device by way of a link aggregation protocol, the portion of the network traffic being transferred based on the excess capacity.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• a machine-readable medium in communication with the at least one processor, the machine-readable medium being configured to store a communication link offload module, the communication link offload module being executed by the at least one processor cause operations to be performed, the operations comprising:
• receiving capacity information from a network device, the capacity information identifying a network capacity of the network device;
• detecting network traffic exceeding a threshold;
• identifying an excess capacity of the network device based on the capacity information;
• and
• transferring a portion of the network traffic to the network device by way of a link aggregation protocol, the portion of the network traffic being transferred based on the excess capacity.

An apparatus comprising:

• a communication link offload module to receive capacity information from a network device, the capacity information identifying a network capacity of the network device;
• to detect network traffic exceeding a threshold;
• and to identify an excess capacity of the network device based on the capacity information;
• and
• a means for transferring a portion of the network traffic to the network device by way of a link aggregation protocol, the portion of the network traffic being transferred based on the excess capacity.