Method and apparatus for load-balancing

Details Method and apparatus for load-balancing Method and apparatus for load-balancing

2004-07-12

2010-12-28

Vu, Huy D (Department: 2461)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S389000, C370S390000, C370S385000, C709S222000, C709S229000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07860095

ABSTRACT:
According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of outing a message, conveyed in stream through a point-to-point connection to a load-balancing element, to one of a plurality of available processing systems each connected to the load-balancing eilement by separate point-to-point connections, io comprising at the load-balancing element: extracting the message from the stream; detecting in the extracted message the presence of an identifier identifying one of the available processing systems; and where the presence of the identifier is detected, forwarding the message to the processing system identified thereby via the appropriate connection; otherwise determining a destination processing system for processing the message; inserting into the message an identifier identifying the determined destination processing system; and forwarding the message to the processing system via the appropriate connection.

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