A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOAD DISTRIBUTION IN MULTIPROCESSOR SERVERS

摘要

A method and arrangement for handling incoming requests for multimedia services in an application server (300) having a plurality of processors (304,306...) . A service request (R) is received from a user (A) , requiring the handling of user-specific data. The identity of the user or other consistent user-related parameter is extracted from the received service request. Then, a scheduling algorithm is applied using the extracted identity or other user- related parameter as input, for selecting a processor (306) associated with the user and that stores user-specific data for the user locally (306m) . Thereafter, the service request is finally transferred to the selected processor in order to be processed by handling said user-specific data.