CPC H04L 43/08 (2013.01) [G06N 3/02 (2013.01); G06V 20/52 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 65/80 (2013.01); H04N 7/181 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for distributing load in a network of processing nodes, wherein the network includes a requesting node, and a set of external processing nodes, the method comprising:
sending an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message to each external processing node of the set of external processing nodes;
identifying one or more external processing nodes from the set of external processing nodes as responding nodes based on a receipt of response to a corresponding ICMP message thereto;
selecting an external processing node from the identified responding nodes as a most suitable external processing node having capability to fulfill a video processing request submitted by the requesting node;
sending a transmission package from the requesting node to the selected external processing node for processing thereof; and
receiving a binary response from the selected external processing node.
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