Patent ID: 8495238
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of facilitating self-tuning traffic shaping without a central traffic manager, the method comprising: sending one or more requests from a client to a server over a first specified period of time; receiving at the client one or more responses to the one or more requests from the server over the first specified period of time; determining at the client a first request-timeout percentage for the server for the first specified period of time; adjusting at the client a rate at which requests are sent to the server based on the first request-timeout percentage; sending one or more requests to the server over a second specified period of time; receiving one or more responses to the one or more requests from the server over the second specified period of time; determining a second request-timeout percentage for the second specified period of time; determining a throttling effect by analyzing the first request-timeout percentage, the second request-timeout percentage, and the rate at which requests are sent to the server; and further adjusting the rate at which requests are sent to the server based on the second request-timeout percentage and the throttling effect.