Patent ID: 10326699

Abstract:
The present disclosure generally relates to the field of label switching. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to techniques of providing, forwarding and distributing load balancing information in a label switched network. A method of providing load balancing information in a label switched network comprises the steps of: configuring (S402), by a first router (40) of the label switched network, load balancing information, the load balancing information indicating a condition under which load balancing is to be performed for a class of data packets comprising one or more data packets; and providing (S404), by the first router (40), the configured load balancing information together with label information, being related to the class of data packets, in one message to at least one second router (20) of the label switched network, in order to establish at least a section of a path for label switching the one or more data packets of the class of data packets through the label switched network on the basis of the label information.