METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING TRAFFIC BY MEANS OF HASH CODES ACCORDING TO A NOMINAL TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION SCHEME IN A PACKET-ORIENTED NETWORK EMPLOYING MULTI-PATH ROUTING

Hash-code value ranges are determined for a traffic distribution among the nodes along a multipath route in a packet-oriented network, according to a predefined traffic distribution in the network. Starting from one or more start nodes, the traffic distribution is determined successively as a function of the hash-codes along the multipath route for each node, including branches, and an allocation of value ranges for the hash-codes to the outbound links is defined. The advantage is that it enables a desired distribution of traffic along any number of multipath routes by distribution on the basis of hash-codes.