Patent ID: 11949586
Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL SALES PTE. LIMITED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A system comprising:
circuitry implementing a state machine configured to select one or more paths to be used by a plurality of pipes to reduce congestion on a network, the plurality of pipes using at least a portion of a plurality of ports of the circuitry;
one or more databases accessible by the state machine, the one or more databases configured to store information identifying an overlay network for the network used by the plurality of the pipes and information about a loading of the plurality of ports;
wherein the state machine is configured to:
receive from the one or more databases information indicating congestion on one or more of the plurality of ports; and
responsive to identification of the congestion on the one or more ports, select one or more paths of the overlay network to be used by the one or more of the plurality of pipes to reduce congestion on the one or more of the plurality of ports.