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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Frederico Buchholz Maciel, Kokubunji, JP;
Katsuyoshi Kitai, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Yoshizawa, Musashino, JP;
Hideki Murahashi, Hachiouji, JP;
Tatsuo Higuchi, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
709238 ; 709201 ; 709203 ; 709217 ; 709219 ; 709239 ; 709223 ; 709101 ; 709105 ;
Abstract
This invention provides dynamic balance of the traffic among data processing devices interconnecting networks and thereby improve the networking performance. For network traffic flowing between a first network and a second network, the traffic is distributed among the data processing devices that act as routers according to the traffic amount. An algorithm for balancing the traffic is used to select appropriate data processing devices as routers.