Patent ID: 7746784
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for balancing traffic in a load-balancing network comprising a plurality of nodes, comprising: determining a status of the plurality of nodes wherein a first portion of designated ones of the plurality of nodes comprises uncongested nodes, and a second portion of the designated ones of the plurality of nodes comprises congested nodes; splitting a traffic flow into a plurality of traffic flow parts associated with designated ones of the plurality of nodes using determined node congestion status information to achieve a first average traffic volume split across each of the uncongested nodes in the first portion of the designated ones of the plurality of nodes that is greater than a second average traffic volume split across each of the congested nodes in the second portion of the designated ones of the plurality of nodes, wherein, for each of at least one of the plurality of nodes, the node congestion status information enables a determination as to whether at least one queue of the node has a congestion condition associated therewith, the at least one queue of the node comprising at least one of: distributing the traffic flow parts toward the designated ones of the plurality of nodes in a first traffic distribution round.