Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Computer network monitoring
Patent
1998-11-20
2000-06-20
Meky, Moustafa M.
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Computer network monitoring
G06F 1300
Patent
active
060789573
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a method and apparatus for monitoring packet loss activity in an Internet Protocol (IP) network clustering system which can provide a useful, discrete and tangible mechanism for controlled failover of the TCP/IP network cluster system. An adaptive interval value is determined as a function of the average packet loss in the system, and this adaptive interval value used to determine when a cluster member must send a next keepalive message to all other cluster members, and wherein the keepalive message is used to determine network packet loss.
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Adelman Kenneth Allen
Kashtan David Lyon
Palter William L.
Piper, II Derrell D.
Basinski Erwin J.
Meky Moustafa M.
Network Alchemy, Inc.
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