System, method, and apparatus for load-balancing to a...

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2003-05-16

2008-12-09

Rao, Seema S. (Department: 2616)

Multiplex communications

Data flow congestion prevention or control

Flow control of data transmission through a network

C718S105000, C709S243000, C711S219000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07463585

ABSTRACT:
A system, method, and apparatus for load balancing to a plurality of ports is presented herein. A miniport driver is adapted to multiplex and demultiplex traffic workload across the ports. The miniport driver classifies outgoing packet streams and distributes each packet stream to a communication ring, such as an Ethernet ring, for example, associated with at least one of the ports. Additionally, the miniport driver can be configured to configure a operation of the plurality of ports in one of several modes, including a mode wherein the plurality of ports are operable and act as a single logical interface for the operation.

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