Patent ID: 9432415
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method of processing data in a telecommunications network, the network comprising: a cluster of network nodes responsible for conducting registration procedures for subscriber devices and/or processing routing data relating to communication sessions conducted in the network; a shared registration data store comprising registration data for a plurality of subscriber devices, the shared registration data store being accessible by each of the network nodes in the cluster of network nodes; and a subscriber configuration network node responsible for storing subscriber configuration data in the network, the subscriber configuration network node being separate from the shared registration data store, the method comprising: at a first network node in the cluster of network nodes, receiving a communication session setup request requesting setup of a communication session with a subscriber device in the plurality of subscriber devices; at the first network node, in response to receipt of the communication session setup request, retrieving registration data relating to the subscriber device from the shared registration data store; and at the first network node, routing the communication session setup request according to the retrieved registration data, the retrieved registration data relating to the subscriber device having been previously stored in the shared registration data store by a second network node in the cluster of network nodes in relation to a registration procedure conducted for the subscriber device by the second network node, the second network node being a different network node to the first network node in the cluster of network nodes.