Policy enforcer having load balancing capabilities
US8817614B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 29, 2011 |
| Grant date | Aug 26, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 10, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W92/14
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method, a computer readable medium and a policy enforcer, the policy enforcer may include: multiple pairs of interfaces; multiple data blades; a switch; at least one load balancing circuit; wherein each pair of interfaces is located along a path between a RAN and an external network through which information packets should have propagated at an absence of the policy enforcer; wherein the at least one load balancing circuit is arranged to select, for each information packet, a selected policy enforcing processor; wherein the at least one load balancing circuit is arranged to select is arranged to send each information packet over the switch to a selected policy enforcing processor; wherein each selected policy enforcing processor is arranged to perform a policy enforcing operation on each information packet associated with the selected policy enforcing processor.
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