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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2012
Silviu Florian Simen, Mississauga, CA;
Barry Steven Ford, Waterloo, CA;
Jason William Tackaberry, Waterloo, CA;
Samuel David Glazer, New York, NY (US);
Areg Poghosyan, Kitchener, CA;
James Robert Millar, Toronto, CA;
Yusof Ganji, Milton, CA;
Emil Mihaileanu, North York, CA;
Silviu Florian Simen, Mississauga, CA;
Barry Steven Ford, Waterloo, CA;
Jason William Tackaberry, Waterloo, CA;
Samuel David Glazer, New York, NY (US);
Areg Poghosyan, Kitchener, CA;
James Robert Millar, Toronto, CA;
Yusof Ganji, Milton, CA;
Emil Mihaileanu, North York, CA;
BlackBerry Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing load in a communication network are provided. At a processor of a relay device, a number of messages is determined that are one or more of currently queued for relay via a communication interface of the relay device and previously relayed within a given time period, the communication interface and the processor of the relay device for relaying the messages, via the communication interface, between a plurality of devices and a network infrastructure. At the processor, a rate at which the plurality of devices establishes communications with the network infrastructure is controlled, wherein there is an inverse relationship between the rate and the number of messages.