US 2025/0219947 A1 · LOAD BALANCING OF ASSISTED REPLICATION NETWORK DEVICES

Abstract

A controller device receives, from a plurality of assisted replication network devices, respective utilization information associated with the plurality of assisted replication network devices. The controller device generates, based on the respective utilization information associated with the plurality of assisted replication network devices, load balancing information for a network device associated with two or more assisted replication network devices of the plurality of assisted replication network devices, and sends, to the network device, the load balancing information. The network selects, based on the load balancing information, a particular assisted replication network device of the two or more assisted replication network devices. The network device receives a traffic flow that is to be multicast and sends the traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device, wherein sending the traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device permits the particular assisted replication network device to multicast the traffic flow.

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Dependent claims

A network device, comprising:

one or more memories;
and
one or more processors to:
receive, from another device, load balancing information;
select, based on the load balancing information, a particular assisted replication network device;
and
send a traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device,
wherein sending the traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device permits the particular assisted replication network device to multicast a traffic flow.

5 more elements

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network device, cause the network device to:
receive load balancing information;
select, based on the load balancing information, a particular assisted replication network device;
and
send a traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device,
wherein sending the traffic flow to the particular assisted replication network device permits the particular assisted replication network device to multicast a traffic flow.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

19/082,774Filed 18 Mar 2025

Priority

16 Sep 2022

Published

3 Jul 2025

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

H04L 12/46
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: interconnection of networks
H04L 47/125
Avoiding congestion; Recovering from congestion: by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
H04L 12/1877
Comprising mechanisms for improved reliability, e.g. status reports: measures taken prior to transmission
H04L 12/4641
Interconnection of networks: virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN]

Load balancing of assisted replication network devices

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Load balancing of assisted replication network devices

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Abstract

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