Patent ID: 8619587
Filing Date: 2013-12-31
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a small flow forwarding module configured to receive a plurality of first packets that correspond to a plurality of small flows and distribute the first packets over a plurality of paths; a large flow forwarding module configured to receive a plurality of second packets that correspond to a plurality of large flows and distribute the second packets over the paths; and a packet header checking module in communication with the small flow forwarding module and the large flow forwarding module, wherein the packet header checking module is configured to inspect a flow indication in an incoming packet and forward the packet to the small flow forwarding module if the flow indication corresponds to one of the small flows or to the large flow forwarding module if the flow indication corresponds to one of the large flows, wherein the large flow forwarding module is further configured to: wherein adding the entry for the flow comprises assigning the flow to a component link and storing the mapping of the flow and the component link into the large flow table, and wherein the entry for the flow comprises: