Patent ID: 9654553
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method performed by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) for processing a Diameter message, the method comprising: providing a plurality of alias Diameter identifiers to a plurality of peer servers with identical Diameter identifiers; creating a plurality of routes for each of the plurality of peer servers with the identical Diameter identifiers using a plurality of aliased realms; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA associated with at least one of the plurality of peer servers having the identical Diameter identifiers; determining a correct peer server among the plurality of peer servers having the identical Diameters identifiers associated with the received Diameter message; setting a destination host of the received Diameter message to at least one of the plurality of the alias Diameter identifiers of the correct peer server; setting a destination realm of the received Diameter message to at least one of the plurality of aliased realms associated with the correct peer server; and transmitting the received Diameter message to the correct peer server.