Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Traceroute for multi-path routing
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Application No.: US17821998Application Date: 2022-08-24
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Publication No.: US12160362B2Publication Date: 2024-12-03
- Inventor: Ankit Chadha
- Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: H04L45/24
- IPC: H04L45/24 ; H04L41/00 ; H04L41/12 ; H04L43/10 ; H04L45/00 ; H04L45/74 ; H04L47/28

Abstract:
In general, techniques are described for extending network connectivity software utilities, such as traceroute, to provide complete visibility into a network topology between a source device and a destination device, even when an intermediate network device may be actively utilizing multiple network links when forwarding packets toward the destination. In one example, a network device coupled to a plurality of paths and positioned between a source network device and destination network device may receive a traceroute packet. The network device may also, for each of the plurality of paths, modify a payload of the traceroute packet to include a respective identifier for a corresponding path of the plurality of paths to construct a respective modified traceroute packet for the corresponding path. The network device may also forward the respective modified traceroute packets on the corresponding paths.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220407800A1 TRACEROUTE FOR MULTI-PATH ROUTING Public/Granted day:2022-12-22
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