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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Johan Svedberg, Stockholm, SE;
Robert Skog, Stockholm, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method of performing multi-path load balancing in a communications network comprising a plurality of servers comprises, in a server: receiving a first connection request from a first load balancer, sent from a first interface of a client device (step); and storing a code representing the server in a database, the code associated with a unique identity of the server (step). The method comprises, in a second load balancer: receiving a second connection request, from a second interface of the client device, wherein the second connection request is associated with the first connection request sent from the first interface of the client device to the server, and wherein the second connection request includes a code associated with the server (step); mapping the code to an entry in the database (step); determining the unique server identity associated with the code (step); and forwarding the second connection request to the server associated with the unique server identity ().