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Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:

Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Inventors:

Pierre Pfister, Angers, FR;

Yoann Desmouceaux, Paris, FR;

William Mark Townsley, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/803 (2013.01); H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/911 (2013.01); H04J 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/34 (2013.01); H04L 47/726 (2013.01);
Abstract

Aspects of the subject technology provide state-less load-balancing using sequence numbers to identify traffic flows. In some implementations, a process of the technology can include steps for receiving, by a load-balancer, a first packet from a source device including a request to access the service provided by a server coupled to the load-balancer, determining a load for each of the servers, wherein each server is associated with a unique set of sequence numbers, and forwarding the request to a target server selected based on its corresponding load, and wherein the request is configured to cause the target server to issue a reply to the source device. Systems and machine-readable media are also provided.


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