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 for each of the two or more transmission destinations, the accumulated value being updated by adding a value derived from said weight value to the accumulated value, upon occurrence of a distribution event;
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- transmitting the received packets, upon occurrence of the 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 for each of the two or more transmission destinations, the accumulated value being updated by adding value derived from said weight value to the accumulated value, upon occurrence of a distribution event;
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- distributing unit which transmits the received packets, upon occurrence of a distribution event, to the transmission destination that has a smallest accumulated value.
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