US Patent 7710966 Distributing packets more evenly over trunked network links

Patent 7710966 was granted and assigned to Google on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Google

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7710966

Patent Inventor Names

Stephen Stuart0

Ross Biro0

Date of Patent

May 4, 2010

Patent Application Number

11185203

Date Filed

July 19, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Kwang B Yao

Patent abstract

Routing nodes in communications networks use policies and certain fields, called selection fields, in packet headers to make routing decisions. When routing over a trunk, a specific trunked link over which to forward a packet must be selected. Policies and selection fields can be used in a way that causes the packets in data streams to be distributed more evenly across the trunked links than is currently done.