Patent ID: 8953623
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: selecting, with a network device and from a plurality of subscribers, a subset of the plurality of subscribers that each is associated with a respective predicted amount of future network traffic greater than a threshold amount of network traffic; pre-assigning, with the network device and prior to receiving initial packets for packet flows from the plurality of subscribers, each subscriber of the subset of subscribers to a corresponding one or more of a plurality of computing resources of the network device to process the packet flows from the subset of subscribers; receiving, with a network device, a packet flow from a subscriber of the plurality of subscribers; determining, by the network device, whether any of the plurality of computing resources of the network device is pre-assigned to process the packet flow from the subscriber; responsive to determining that a first computing resource of the plurality of computing resources is pre-assigned to process the packet flow from the subscriber, directing, with the network device, the packet flow to the first computing resource; and responsive to determining that none of the plurality of computing resources are pre-assigned to process the packet: