FLOW SCHEDULING AND ARCHITECTURE FOR NETWORK APPLICATION APPARATUS

A method and system for distributing flows between a multiple processors. The flows can be received from an external source such as a network, by a front-end processor that recognizes the flow and the associated request, and identifies at least one internal applications processor to process the requ...

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Main Authors FERGUSON, JC, KORSUNSKY, YEVGENY, AKERMAN, MOISEY, JUSTUS, STEPHEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 21.01.2004
Edition7
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Summary:A method and system for distributing flows between a multiple processors. The flows can be received from an external source such as a network, by a front-end processor that recognizes the flow and the associated request, and identifies at least one internal applications processor to process the request/flow. The front-end processor utilizes a flow scheduling vector related to the identified applications processor(s), and the flow scheduling vector can be based on intrinsic data from the applications processor(s) that can include CPU utilization, memory utilization, packet loss, and queue length or buffer occupation. In some embodiments, applications processors can be understood to belong to a group, wherein applications processors within a group can be configured identically. A flow schedule vector can be computed for the different applications processor groups.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP20010971331