| 摘要 |
The invention is a network and method for a client to request a named service in a network. The method includes transmitting a service request from the client in the network using a protocol in a layer in a protocol stack between a logical name of the named service and a physical address of a server, within a pool of servers in the network, which will provide the named service, to a service contact point of the network for the pool of servers; the service contact point, in response to the service request, selects the server which will provide the named service from the pool of servers; the service contact point forwards the request for the selected server to the selected server; and the selected server responds to the client with a message using the protocol indicating the selection of the selected server to the client.
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