Invention Grant
US08224961B1 Network tunnel termination device selection using weighted load balancing
有权
使用加权负载平衡的网络隧道终端设备选择
- Patent Title: Network tunnel termination device selection using weighted load balancing
- Patent Title (中): 使用加权负载平衡的网络隧道终端设备选择
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Application No.: US12191058Application Date: 2008-08-13
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Publication No.: US08224961B1Publication Date: 2012-07-17
- Inventor: Margaret Zielinski , Paul Raison , Paul Howard
- Applicant: Margaret Zielinski , Paul Raison , Paul Howard
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Juniper Networks, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173 ; G06F15/16

Abstract:
Techniques are described for load balancing subscriber sessions across tunnel termination devices. A network device is described, for example, that includes a tunneling module that load balances subscriber sessions across a plurality of tunnel termination devices based on weightings associated with the tunnel termination devices. The weightings may be assigned to the tunnel termination devices by a user, or may be calculated by the network device based on resource constraints associated with the tunnel termination devices. The network device may calculate the weightings, for example, based on a maximum number of subscriber sessions supported by each of the tunnel termination devices. As one example, the techniques may be applied to load balance Point-to-Point (PPP) subscriber sessions across L2TP Network Servers (LNSs).
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