Load-balanced anycasting and routing in a network
US6658479B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 30, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 2, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/10015
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for determining the cost of routing data is described herein, where a communication cost for routing data from a current node to a successor node over a communication channel is computed, and then a processing node cost for processing data at the current node is computed, where the processing node cost represents a ratio of data input rates to data output rates at the current node. The two computations are combined to formulate a link cost for the current node, or the cost of routing data through that node. The link cost can then be used in a routing algorithm for routing data.
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