Dynamic timeout-based fault detection
US10819611B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | Oct 27, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 8, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/026
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques for implementing dynamic timeout-based fault detection in a distributed system are provided. In one set of embodiments, a node of the distributed system can set a timeout interval to a minimum value and transmit poll messages to other nodes in the distributed system. The node can further wait for acknowledgement messages from all of the other nodes, where the acknowledgement messages are responsive to the poll messages, and can check whether it has received the acknowledgement messages from all of the other nodes within the timeout interval. If the node has failed to receive an acknowledgement message from at least one of the other nodes within the timeout interval and if the timeout interval is less than a maximum value, the node can increment the timeout interval by a delta value and can repeat the setting, the transmitting, the waiting, and the checking steps.
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