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Diagnostic heartbeat throttling

  • US 10,560,360 B2
  • Filed: 10/05/2015
  • Issued: 02/11/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for diagnostic heartbeat throttling, the method comprising:

  • a component, executing using a processor and a memory in a data processing system, sending diagnostic heartbeat packets over a communication link at a first rate, wherein a diagnostic heartbeat packet is a packet comprising a header, a set of heartbeat parameters, and a set of diagnostic attributes;

    the component detecting a change in data traffic over the communication link;

    the component changing a rate of sending diagnostic heartbeat packets from the first rate to a second rate responsive to the change in the data traffic over the communication link;

    the component combining, responsive to the changing of the rate of sending diagnostic heartbeat packets, a plurality of diagnostic heartbeat packets into a combined diagnostic heartbeat packet, wherein the combined diagnostic heartbeat packet includes the set of diagnostic attributes of each of the plurality of diagnostic heartbeat packets; and

    the component sending the combined diagnostic heartbeat packet at the second rate.

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