Patent ID: 9537785
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for indirect link aggregation group (LAG) link allocation, the method comprising: at a LAG controller, indirectly monitoring status information associated with a LAG by receiving the status information from a first network node that is indirectly connected to the LAG via a second network node; at the first network node, utilizing the status information to set path identifiers in packets for controlling LAG allocation, wherein utilizing the status information includes receiving, from the LAG controller, path assignment information indicating how path identifiers are to be assigned to packets, wherein utilizing the status information to set path identifiers in packets for controlling LAG allocation includes selecting the path identifiers for the packets, including the path identifiers in the packets, and sending the packets; and at the second network node separate from the first network node, receiving the packets and allocating LAG links to the packets based on the path identifiers, wherein the second network node is connected to the LAG.