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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2002
Chris O'rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Robert M. Batz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rabih A. Dabboussi, Cary, NC (US);
John M. Glotzer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alpesh S. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
Chris O'Rourke, Apex, NC (US);
Robert M. Batz, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rabih A. Dabboussi, Cary, NC (US);
John M. Glotzer, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Louis F. Menditto, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alpesh S. Patel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kent K. Leung, Mountain View, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for communicating in a loadbalancing environment is provided that in a particular embodiment includes receiving a request packet from a network access server (NAS) to initiate a communication session. The request packet is then communicated to a tunneling protocol network server (TPNS) and a response packet is received in response to the request packet. The response packet establishes a tunnel that facilitates the communication session and that includes an identification element associated with the TPNS such that a data transfer associated with the communication session is executed between the NAS and the TPNS.