Load-distribution method and apparatus based on the method
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsTakeshi Kawasaki, Hitoshi Yamada
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Abstract
A load-distribution method that transmits packets received from a network to two or more transmission destinations to distribute a load, comprising storing a weight value of distribution and an accumulated value according to actual transmission for every transmission destination, and transmitting the received packets, upon occurrence of a distribution event, to a transmission destination that has a smallest accumulated value.
Claims9
A load-distribution method that transmits packets received from a network to two or more transmission destinations to distribute a load, comprising:
- storing a weight value of distribution and an accumulated value according to actual transmission for every transmission destination;
- and
- transmitting the received packets, upon occurrence of a distribution event, to a transmission destination that has a smallest accumulated value.
A load-distribution apparatus that transmits packets received from a network to two or more transmission destinations to distribute a load, comprising:
- storing unit which stores a weight value of distribution and an accumulated value according to actual distribution for every transmission destination;
- and
- distributing unit which transmits the received packets, upon occurrence of a distribution event, to a transmission destination that has a smallest accumulated value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.