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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
May. 18, 2022
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Zhiyuan Yao, Paris, FR;
Yoann Louis Simon Desmouceaux, Paris, FR;
Pierre Pfister, Roquefort-les-Pins, FR;
William Mark Townsley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 43/067 (2022.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/20 (2022.01); H04L 47/2441 (2022.01); H04L 47/52 (2022.01); H04L 67/1008 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 43/067 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 47/2441 (2013.01); H04L 47/522 (2013.01); H04L 67/1008 (2013.01); H04L 43/20 (2022.05);
Abstract
Load aware load balancing may be provided. Flow duration data associated with a plurality of flows associated with a plurality of servers may be obtained. Then a plurality of queue lengths respectively associated with the plurality of servers may be obtained. Next, a Shortest Expected Delay (SED) score may be determined for each of the plurality of servers based on the flow duration data and the plurality of queue lengths. A flow may then be assigned to a one of the plurality of servers having the lowest SED score.