Patent ID: 8223634
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for implementing dynamic load balancing, comprising: dynamically selecting, by a first component of a plurality of components within a Layer forwarding the one or more initial packets associated with the flow from the first component to the second component via the particular path, wherein the particular path is one of the plurality of possible paths in the Layer determining a congestion metric for the particular path; determining a congestion metric for a set of one or more other paths, wherein the set of one or more other paths comprise a subset of the plurality of possible paths between the first component and the second component; determining, based at least partially upon the congestion metric for the particular path and the congestion metric for the set of one or more other paths, whether the flow should be moved; and in response to a determination that the flow should be moved, moving the flow from the particular path to an alternate path in the Layer