Systems and methods for efficiently load balancing based on least connections
US8077622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 3, 2007 |
| Grant date | Dec 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 25, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/1017
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for load balancing services based on fewest connections by decreasing granularity of service selection as a number of fewest connections serviced by the services increases may include establishing, by an appliance, a set of identifiers corresponding to a number of connections serviced by a service, the set comprising a first plurality of identifiers each identifying a predetermined number of connections and a second plurality of identifiers each identifying a predetermined range of numbers of connections. The appliance assigns, to each service servicing connections, an identifier corresponding to the number of connections serviced by the service, at least one of the identifiers selected from the second plurality of identifiers. The appliance receives a request for a service, and forwards the request to a service assigned to the identifier corresponding to a fewest number of connections with at least one service assigned to the identifier.
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