Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer-to-computer protocol implementing – Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating
Reexamination Certificate
2001-06-25
2008-12-23
Nguyen, Dustin (Department: 2154)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer-to-computer protocol implementing
Computer-to-computer data transfer regulating
C370S395210, C370S229000, C370S395410
Reexamination Certificate
active
07469295
ABSTRACT:
A load balancing technique uniformly distributes data transmitted by a server over a plurality of underlying physical links of a virtual interface or aggregate within a computer network. According to the invention, the unit of data granularity is preferably a datagram, rather than an Internet protocol (IP) fragment or packet. The load balancing technique implements a round robin scheduling policy among the links based on an identifier (ID) associated with each datagram. As a result, the technique ensures that all fragments of a datagram are forwarded over the same physical link of the aggregate on the basis of a similar IP ID.
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Cesari and McKenna LLP
Network Appliance Inc.
Nguyen Dustin
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