Load balancing
US10834179B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 10, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/16
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
There is provided a method of performing load balancing in a communications network comprising a plurality of traffic servers. The method comprises: in a load balancer, receiving a connection request in a communications protocol from a client device and in the load balancer, selecting a traffic server for the requested connection. An identity of the selected traffic server is encoded into a protocol message header. The protocol message header is returned containing the encoded identity of the selected traffic server to the client device. The protocol message header containing the encoded identity of the selected traffic server is included in communications protocol packets sent from the client device to the load balancer. The load balancer, forwards communications protocol packets sent from the client device to the selected traffic server.
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