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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2013
Sridharan Muthuswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Santhosh Kumar Thodupunoori, San Jose, CA (US);
Sridharan Muthuswamy, Cupertino, CA (US);
Santhosh Kumar Thodupunoori, San Jose, CA (US);
WiChorus, Inc., Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for providing load balancing of subscriber session in a multi-slot gateway employing utilization counts are disclosed. A process of load balancing is configured to increase the session count when a subscription or subscriber session is created in a line card coupled with an active slot. The utilization count associated with the active slot is incremented when the value of session count reaches a predefined session value such as 100,000. After updating an active slot table associated with the active slot in accordance with slot numbers and utilization counts, the content of active slot table is copied to another active slot table associated with a second active slot.