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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2011
Jouni Mäenpää, Nummela, FI;
Jani Hautakorpi, Masala, FI;
Jaime Jiménez, Espoo, FI;
TELEFONAKETIEBOLAGET L M ERICSSON, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An overlay network, node and application for load balanced service discovery. The application includes the steps of implementing the service discovery mechanism in the DHT P2P overlay network for finding a peer () that provides a desired service; a step of adding to a record structure () of the service discovery mechanism a maximum capacity parameter C() and a currently used capacity parameter C(); and a step of removing from the tree () a record of the peer () that provides the desired service when the currently used capacity reaches a predetermined capacity so that the peer is not contacted by other service clients.