Patent ID: 8687638
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to distribute network Internet Protocol traffic, the method comprising: in response to receiving, at a server, a first Internet Protocol control packet from a first physical router, selecting a first auxiliary router from a router array associated with the first physical router to which the server is to forward the first Internet Protocol control packet; and updating a forwarding table in the first physical router to associate a destination Internet Protocol address of the first Internet Protocol control packet with a first control path from the first physical router to the first auxiliary router, the forwarding table in the first physical router initially causing the first Internet Protocol control packet to be routed from the first physical router to the server, the first control path being determined by routing the first Internet Protocol control packet from the first physical router to the first auxiliary router through the server, the updating of the forwarding table to cause subsequent Internet Protocol data packets associated with the first Internet Protocol control packet to be forwarded from the first physical router to the first auxiliary router via the first control path without being routed through the server, wherein the router array includes a plurality of auxiliary routers associated with a respective plurality of address subspaces, and the first auxiliary router is selected based on the destination Internet Protocol address of the first Internet Protocol control packet.