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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2013
Applicant:
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Inventor:
Paul Sheer, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 11/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 65/608 (2013.01); H04L 65/1063 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04L 67/1004 (2013.01); H04L 67/1023 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for load balancing SCTP messages. The method includes receiving an SCTP message containing an address, a port identifier, and a verification tag. The method includes determining, using the verification tag, an associated application server from a plurality of application servers. The method includes sending the SCTP message to the application server for processing.