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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999
Filed:
Sep. 06, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazuaki Tsuchiya, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihito Sako, Hadano, JP;
Tetsuo Oura, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Watanabe, Fujisawa, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709221 ;
Abstract
An internetworking apparatus for interconnecting a plurality of networks, having forwarding sections corresponding to interfaces of the networks, each including a processor for performing packet forwarding processing and a statistics unit for collecting processing time statistics of the processor. An adjusting section connected to all the forwarding sections through a bus instructs each processor to change a program to be executed thereby based on the processing time statistics reported by each processor so as to balance processing loads on the respective processors.