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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2007
Leonidas Kontothanassis, Arlington, MA (US);
Amir Bar-or, Newton, MA (US);
David Goddeau, Watertown, MA (US);
Jean-manuel Van Thong, Arlington, MA (US);
Leonidas Kontothanassis, Arlington, MA (US);
Amir Bar-or, Newton, MA (US);
David Goddeau, Watertown, MA (US);
Jean-Manuel Van Thong, Arlington, MA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for shedding signal load in a network having a plurality of devices is disclosed herein. The method comprises computer-implemented steps of (a) issuing a load-shedding policy, where the policy includes (i) fraction f of the signal to be discarded; (ii) device D where fraction f of the signal is to be discarded; and (iii) pattern P of discarding fraction f of the signal; (b) transmitting the issued load-shedding policy to device D; and (c) discarding portions of the signal at device D according to pattern P until fraction f of the signal is discarded.