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US 2004/0105407 A1Published application
Relay device
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorYuichi Inoue
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Abstract
In a relay device which load balances or provides redundancy, a monitoring portion monitors states of other relay devices belonging to the same group, and a load balancing receiver load balances receiving packets with the other relay devices or provides redundancy based on the states of the other relay devices. Also, whether or not to relay packets is determined based on a group table preset.
Claims11
A relay device among a plurality of relay devices belonging to a single group or divided into two or more groups comprising:
- a monitoring portion for monitoring states of other relay devices belonging to the same group;
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- a load balancing receiver for load balancing receiving packets with the other relay devices or for providing redundancy based on the states of the other relay devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.