Load balancing mechanism for service discovery mechanism in structured peer-to-peer overlay networks and method
US9473409B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 13, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 18, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/51
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An overlay network, node and application for load balanced service discovery. The application includes the steps of implementing the service discovery mechanism in the DHT P2P overlay network for finding a peer (1100) that provides a desired service; a step of adding to a record structure (50) of the service discovery mechanism a maximum capacity parameter Cmax (54) and a currently used capacity parameter Ccurrent (56); and a step of removing from the tree (10) a record of the peer (1110) that provides the desired service when the currently used capacity reaches a predetermined capacity so that the peer is not contacted by other service clients.
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