Technologies for adaptive routing using network traffic characterization

One or more computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that in response to being executed cause a network switch to:

• receive a network packet via one of a plurality of input ports of the network switch communicatively coupled to a plurality of output ports of the network switch;
• identify a set of the plurality of output ports, wherein each of the set of output ports correspond to a path usable to forward the received network packet to a destination computing device;
• adjust a total congestion value for each of the set of output ports based on a type of the path to which each of the set of output ports corresponds and a value of a minimal path counter to which each of the set of output ports corresponds, wherein the type of the path comprises one of a minimal path or a non-minimal path;
• and
• enqueue the received network packet into an output buffer queue of one of the set of output ports based on the total congestion value.

A network switch for adaptive routing based on network traffic pattern characterization, the network switch comprising:

• a buffer queue management circuit to receive a network packet via one of a plurality of input ports of the network switch communicatively coupled to a plurality of output ports of the network switch;
• means for identifying a set of the plurality of output ports, wherein each of the set of output ports correspond to a path usable to forward the received network packet to a destination computing device;
• and
• means for adjusting a total congestion value for each of the set of output ports based on a type of the path to which each of the set of output ports corresponds and a value of a minimal path counter to which each of the set of output ports corresponds, wherein the type of the path comprises one of a minimal path or a non-minimal path,
• wherein the buffer queue management circuit is further to enqueue the received network packet into an output buffer queue of one of the set of output ports based on the total congestion value.