Patent ID: 9065831
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a device in a network, receiving information configured to indicate a messaging and presence protocol control plane traffic load level for two or more server devices that are configured to manage traffic for messaging and presence clients communicating via the messaging and presence protocol, wherein the messaging and presence protocol control plane traffic comprises control information for the messaging and presence protocol the messaging and presence protocol; determining when the messaging and presence protocol control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced among the two or more server devices; and in response to determining that the messaging and presence protocol control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced, sending a transfer message to one or more clients comprising information configured to initiate migration of the one or more clients from a server device that is relatively overloaded to a server device that is relatively underloaded in order to balance the messaging and presence protocol control plane traffic load level among the two or more server devices.