Method for Handling of an Inbound SCTP Packet at an SCTP Load Balancer and Tunneling Methodology
AssigneeParallel Wireless, Inc.
InventorsAnoop Gupta, Kartik Shashikant Raval, Sanjay Harwani
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Abstract
Methods and systems for handling of an inbound Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packet at an SCTP load balancer (SCTP LB) are described. In one embodiment a method includes receiving, at the SCTP LB, an SCTP packet; determining, by the SCTP LB, which tunneling mechanism to use for the SCTP packet; and tunneling the SCTP packet to a correct back-end server for further processing of the SCTP packet.
Claims20
A method for handling of an inbound Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) packet at an SCTP load balancer (SCTP LB) comprising:
- receiving, at the SCTP LB, an SCTP packet;
- determining, by the SCTP LB, which tunneling mechanism to use for the SCTP packet;
- and
- tunneling the SCTP packet to a correct back-end server for further processing of the SCTP packet.
A an SCTP load balancer (SCTP LB) system comprising:
- an SCTP LB;
- a plurality of backend servers in communication with the SCTP LB;
- wherein the SCTP LB receives an SCTP packet, and determines which tunneling mechanism to use for the SCTP packet;
- and
- wherein the SCTP LB tunnels the SCTP packet to a correct back-end server of the plurality of backend servers for further processing of the SCTP packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.