LAYER 4 LOAD AWARE LOAD BALANCING
Application
US20260081871A1
Kind: A1
Mar 19, 2026
Assignee
Cisco Technology, Inc.
Inventors
Zhiyuan Yao, Yoann Louis Simon Desmouceaux, Pierre Pfister, William Mark Townsley
Abstract
Load aware load balancing may be provided. Flow duration data associated with a plurality of flows associated with a plurality of servers may be obtained. Then a plurality of queue lengths respectively associated with the plurality of servers may be obtained. Next, a Shortest Expected Delay (SED) score may be determined for each of the plurality of servers based on the flow duration data and the plurality of queue lengths. A flow may then be assigned to a one of the plurality of servers having the lowest SED score.
CPC Classifications
H04L 47/125
H04L 43/067
H04L 43/0852
H04L 47/2441
H04L 47/522
H04L 67/1008
H04L 43/20
Filing Date
2025-09-22
Application No.
19336144