Endpoint load rebalancing controller
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn M. Cohn, Eren Kursun, Maharaj Mukherjee, Anna Topol
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJohn M. Cohn, Eren Kursun, Maharaj Mukherjee, Anna Topol
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A endpoint load rebalancing controller, method of controlling endpoint activity to suppress side channel variation and computer program product for controlling endpoint activity for suppressing side channel variation in information from utility company users, e.g., from power company endpoints. The load rebalancing controller monitors period to period endpoint service usage and predicts next period endpoint service usage. Whenever the controller maintains determines that the endpoint usage will exhibit a change that may be sufficient to convey activity information in side channel activity, the controller rebalances activity for the next period. Rebalancing may include shifting off-line execution from one period to another and capping or increasing on-line execution activity.
A security method for protecting service usage information comprising:
A security method as in claim 9, wherein said service provider is a utility company and notifying said utility company comprises communicating utility consumption to a smart meter monitoring endpoint utility consumption, said smart meter communicating utility consumption to said utility company.
A method for protecting utility usage information from side channel attacks, said method comprising:
17-25. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.