Patent ID: 8767734
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method involving a network of nodes, wherein the network of nodes includes a first node and a second node, wherein the second node serves both a first range of IP destination addresses and a second range of IP destination addresses, the method comprising: (a) receiving Multi-Neighbor Proportional Forwarding (MNPF) forwarding proportions onto the first node; and (b) storing on the first node a routing table for the first node, wherein the routing table identifies for each IP destination address one and no more than one next hop to which an IP packet having said each IP destination address is to be forwarded from the first node as a result of one and no more than one look-up on the routing table, wherein the routing table identifies one and no more than one next hop for each IP destination address in the first range of IP destination addresses, wherein the routing table identifies one and no more than one next hop for each IP destination address in the second range of IP destination addresses, and wherein each next hop is determined using the MNPF proportions received in (a).