Patent ID: 11909663
Assignee: JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method, comprising:
calculating, at a first time, a plurality of link-session profiles associating each session from a first plurality of sessions with a link from a plurality of links between the gateway device and a switch, the first plurality of sessions including sessions between a plurality of network nodes and the switch, the plurality of link-session profiles including at least one of an amount of load on each link of the plurality of links or a bandwidth requirement from a plurality of bandwidth requirements on each session from first the plurality of sessions, each virtual port from a plurality of virtual ports being associated with a network node from the plurality of network nodes, the plurality of virtual ports and the switch associated with a second plurality of sessions between the plurality of virtual ports and the switch; and
selecting a link-session profile from the plurality of link-session profiles based on a load balancing profile associated with the link-session profile.