US 12,284,117 B2
Load balancing of assisted replication network devices
Vikram Nagarajan, Bangalore (IN); Wen Lin, Andover, MA (US); Soumyodeep Joarder, Bangalore (IN); Muniyappan Suruttaiyan, Krishnagiri (IN); Princy T. Elizabeth, Bangalore (IN); Ragupathi J, Trichy (IN); and SelvaKumar Sivaraj, Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Assigned to Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Juniper Networks, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/946,310.
Prior Publication US 2024/0098026 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 47/25 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/125 (2013.01) [H04L 12/4641 (2013.01); H04L 47/25 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors to:
receive, from a first assisted replication network device, first utilization information associated with the first assisted replication network device;
receive, from a second assisted replication network device, second utilization information associated with the second assisted replication network device;
determine, based on the first utilization information, a first utilization value associated with the first assisted replication network device;
determine, based on the second utilization information, a second utilization value associated with the second assisted replication network device;
identify a network device associated with the first assisted replication network device and the second assisted replication network device;
generate, based on identifying the network device, the first utilization value, and the second utilization value, load balancing information for the network device; and
send, to the network device, the load balancing information,
wherein sending the load balancing information to the network device is to permit the network device to select a particular assisted replication network device, of the first assisted replication network device and the second assisted replication network device, to which the network device is to send a traffic flow that is to be multicast by the particular assisted replication network device.