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Method, apparatus, and system for implementing heartbeat mechanism

US11128718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 29, 2018
Grant dateSep 21, 2021
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/51
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The method, an apparatus and a system for implementing a heartbeat mechanism, so as to reduce a quantity of heartbeat responses sent by a node, and reduce unnecessary resource consumption in a distributed database system. The solution includes: obtaining, a heartbeat request sent by a first node to a second node; recording, a first moment, wherein the first moment is a moment that the heartbeat request is received; querying, according to the identity of the second node from cached information, a second moment, wherein the second moment is a moment that the switching node most recently, where the cached information stores a correspondence between a moment at which the switching node receives a message and an identity of the node; and if an absolute value of a difference between the first moment and the second moment is less than a threshold, sending a heartbeat response to the first node.

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