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Dynamic Load Balancing for Direct Server Return Networks Using eBPF for In-Band Metric Feedback

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|Sep 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2025-0027 | Journal eISSN: 1314-4081 | Journal ISSN: 1311-9702
Language: English
Page range: 142 - 155
Submitted on: Jun 3, 2025
Accepted on: Aug 28, 2025
Published on: Sep 25, 2025
Published by: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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