METHODS TO COMBINE STATELESS AND STATEFUL SERVER LOAD BALANCING

摘要

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; checking whether a hybrid stateless or hybrid stateful condition is satisfied; when the condition is satisfied changing from a hybrid stateful to a hybrid stateless processing method or vice versa for a subsequently received data packet; and otherwise continue processing the subsequently received data packet using the current hybrid processing method.