| US 7,414,979 B1 | ||
| Method and apparatus for per session load balancing with improved load sharing in a packet switched network | ||
| Neil Alasdair James Jarvis, Edinburgh (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 26, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/441,570. | ||
| Application 11/441570 is a division of application No. 11/242517, filed on Oct. 03, 2005, granted, now 7,233,575. | ||
| Application 11/242517 is a continuation of application No. 09/727098, filed on Nov. 29, 2000, granted, now 6,980,521. | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 1/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/56 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—238 [370/386; 711/216; 709/242] | 17 Claims |
| 1. An apparatus for configuring a portion of a packet switched network to reduce load balancing polarization comprising:
a processor; and
a memory device that stores instructions for execution by the processor, said instructions comprising:
code that selects a router from a plurality of routers of a same model included in a portion of a network, each of said plurality
of routers having a same load balancing algorithm; and
code that sets said router to have a different load balancing algorithm from another of the plurality of routers.
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