TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ROUTING OF DATA IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM

• Main Authors: Saley Jaimeson J, Ricard Gary R, Reese Brett J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.12.2016
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

An apparatus and method routes data over network links based on a temperature of the network links. When the temperature of a link meets a first threshold a routing mechanism re-routes a portion of the network traffic over a lower temperature link to reduce the likelihood that the link will exceed a...