System for managing dynamic processing resources in a network
US6182149A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L69/04
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Active networking techniques enable intermediate systems to determine whether data in a packet which is traversing the system is compressed, encrypted or otherwise dynamically processed. Based on this determination, the dynamic processing resources at the intermediate system are invoked or not. Thus, dynamic processing resources can be conserved. Active networking data is placed in packets flowing between end systems. The end system sending these packets may not know whether there are intermediate systems between it and the other end system that require knowledge about compressed data in the packet. It places the active networking data in packets so that any intermediate systems that can use knowledge of which packets contain compressed data may use the active networking data to make the determination.
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