Multi-path communication device capable of improving energy use efficiency and traffic distribution method for improving energy use efficiency thereof

摘要

The present invention relates to a multi-path communication device capable of improving energy use efficiency and a traffic distribution method for improving the energy use efficiency thereof, which can improve energy use efficiency of an entire network in multi-path communication by properly adjusting the number of paths for transmitting traffic according to traffic levels and distributing the traffic without distributing and transmitting the traffic to all possible paths.

主权项

1. A multi-path communication apparatus comprising:
a processor configured to:
select, as path-links to a plurality of nodes, a plurality of physical links that are included in an equal-cost multi-path;including the selected path-links as group members in a destination-specific multi-path link group;manage each path-link in the group as an active path-link or an idle path-link, where active path-links are path-links through which traffic is transmitted in a distributed manner from the group;dynamically adjust a number of active path-links, including those path-links to the same single node and across different nodes, in accordance with a measured traffic level of the group; a traffic meter configured to measure a traffic level of path-links included in the group managed by the processor; and a traffic splitter configured to distribute and transmit traffic heading for a destination of a corresponding group to the path-links selected by the processor.