Patent ID: 8804735
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, performed by a node of a plurality of nodes, the method comprising: receiving, by the node, a packet from a host device, determining, by the node, that the source address is not known by the node; generating, by the node and based on determining that the source address is not known by the node, one or more logical distances associated with one or more nodes of the plurality of nodes, determining, by the node, respective capacity information for each of the one or more nodes; assigning, by the node and based on the determined respective capacity information, a respective score to each of the one or more nodes, transmitting, by the node, the source address to another node, of the one or more nodes, based on a logical distance, of the one or more logical distances, associated with the another node and the respective score associated with the another node,