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Offline, intelligent load balancing of SCTP traffic

US12267241B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Extreme Networks, Inc. · US

Inventors

Jude Pragash Vedam · Kanchinakote, IN
Suresh Paruchuri · Bengaluru, IN
Deepak Hegde · Bengaluru, IN

Key dates

Filing date	May 4, 2021
Grant date	Apr 1, 2025
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2042

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L43/12
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques for enabling offline, intelligent load balancing of Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) traffic are provided. According to one embodiment, a load balancer can receive one or more SCTP packets that have been replicated from a network being monitored. The load balancer can further recover an SCTP message from the one or more SCTP packets and can map the SCTP message to an egress port based on one or more parameters decoded from the SCTP message and one or more rules. The load balancer can then transmit the SCTP message out of the egress port towards an analytic probe or tool for analysis.

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