Combining stateless and stateful server load balancing
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1. A method for processing data packets sent over a communication session between a host and a server by a service gateway, comprising:
- processing a data packet using a hybrid-stateful processing method by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateful processing method utilizing a service session table;
checking by the service gateway whether a hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied;
in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied, changing to a hybrid-stateless processing method for a subsequently received data packet by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateless processing method utilizing a service mapping table; and
in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is not satisfied, processing the subsequently received data packet using the hybrid-stateful processing method by the service gateway.
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Abstract
The processing of data packets sent over a communication session between a host and a server by a service gateway includes processing a data packet using a current hybrid-stateful or hybrid-stateless processing method. The processing then checks whether a hybrid-stateless or hybrid-stateful condition is satisfied. When one of the sets of conditions is satisfied, the process includes changing from a hybrid-stateful to a hybrid-stateless processing method, or vice versa, for a subsequently received data packet. If the conditions are not satisfied, the process continues as originally structured.
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1. A method for processing data packets sent over a communication session between a host and a server by a service gateway, comprising:
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processing a data packet using a hybrid-stateful processing method by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateful processing method utilizing a service session table; checking by the service gateway whether a hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied; in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied, changing to a hybrid-stateless processing method for a subsequently received data packet by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateless processing method utilizing a service mapping table; and in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is not satisfied, processing the subsequently received data packet using the hybrid-stateful processing method by the service gateway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system, comprising:
a service gateway comprising a processor and a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to; process a data packet using a hybrid-stateful processing method, the hybrid-stateful processing method utilizing a service session table at the service gateway; check whether a hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied; in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is satisfied, change to a hybrid-stateless processing method for a subsequently received data packet, the hybrid-stateless processing method utilizing a service mapping table at the service gateway; and in response to determining that the hybrid-stateless condition is not satisfied, process the subsequently received data packet using the hybrid-stateful processing method. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for processing data packets sent over a communication session between a host and a server by a service gateway, comprising:
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processing a data packet using a hybrid-stateless processing method by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateless processing method utilizing a service mapping table; checking by the service gateway whether a hybrid-stateful condition is satisfied; in response to determining that the hybrid-stateful condition is satisfied, changing to a hybrid-stateful processing method for a subsequently received data packet by the service gateway, the hybrid-stateful processing method utilizing a service session table; and in response to determining that the hybrid-stateful condition is not satisfied, processing the subsequently received data packet using the hybrid-stateless processing method by the service gateway. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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