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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2008
Filed:
May. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Ning Xiang LI, Sequim, WA (US);
Inventor:
Ning Xiang Li, Sequim, WA (US);
Assignee:
F5 Networks, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system, apparatus, and method for managing the flow of data on a network. A plurality of processors are used to implement a virtual queue, for controlling a rate of flow of data on the network. Each of the processors has a member queue, the combination of member queues combining to form the virtual queue. Aspects of the invention use messages to communicate among the processors, to properly control the rate of flow.