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

Claim 18:
19. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
receive an indication to load balance a first plurality of sessions across a plurality of links between a gateway device and a switch, the first plurality of sessions including sessions between a plurality of network nodes and the switch, 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;
calculate a plurality of link-session profiles associating each session from the first plurality of sessions with a link from a plurality of links between the gateway device and the switch; and
select at least one link-session profile from the plurality of link-session profiles based on a load balancing profile associated with the link-session profile.