CPC H04L 47/125 (2013.01) [H04L 45/38 (2013.01); H04L 45/7453 (2013.01); H04L 47/28 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
11. A network device comprising:
a processor; and
a non-transitory memory for storing instructions that when executed by the processor cause the network device to be configured to be operable to:
transmit, to a destination node, a plurality of packets of a flow, each packet of the plurality of packets including a plurality of header fields and a randomizer value, the flow including at least two flowlets each including a respective sequential subset of the plurality of packets of the flow, the header fields of each of the packets of a same flowlet including a same randomizer value, the randomizer value of a different flowlet of the at least two flowlets having a different randomizer value;
wherein the header fields and the randomizer value of each of the at least two flowlets are used by other networking devices located between a source node and the destination node to select an output port of one of the networking devices for the packets of each of the at least two flowlets.
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