78001288
Mar 28, 2000
DEDICATED COMPUTER HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE USED BY COMPUTER NETWORKS TO ALLOW FOR LINKS BALANCING, LOAD BALANCING, DATA COMPRESSION AND FAULT TOLERANCE FOR GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK FARMS, CACHE AND PROXY SERVERS AND TO ENABLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE NETWORKS BY PROVIDING TRAFFIC PRIORITIES TO ANY COMBINATION OF URL, SOURCE AND DESTINATION IP, TYPE OF TRAFFIC, BY ELIMINATING PACKETS LOSS AND LINK CONGESTION, USE OF LESS OCCUPIED/LOADED LINK, GETTING DATA FROM CACHE SOURCES, ALL TO SAVE BANDWIDTH AND TO IMPROVE UPSTREAM LINKS UTILIZATION
Electrical and Scientific Apparatus