Controller offloading
US9667728B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/80
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of operations including: performing, by a controller, one or more processing actions for data corresponding to a particular session associated with a client device; identifying one or more characteristics corresponding to the particular session; based on the one or more characteristics corresponding to the particular session: selecting a network device, other than the controller, to perform the one or more processing actions for the data corresponding to the particular session; causing the network device to perform the one or more processing actions, for the data corresponding to the particular session, instead of the controller.
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