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Mechanisms for providing stateful NAT support in redundant and asymetric routing environments

US7280557B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 2002
Grant dateOct 9, 2007
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Expiry dateJun 25, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L67/1001
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Various techniques are described which may be used for improving traffic flows between private networks and public networks. According to one aspect of the present invention, a technique is described for implementing asymmetric routing in a NAT routing environment. Another aspect of the present invention provides a technique for implementing load balancing and resource allocation assignments among peers in a redundant, multiple NAT router environment.

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