Patent ID: 6055433
Filing Date: 2000-04-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
A method in a processing unit for controlling and allocating control of call processing in a communication network, by controlling a number of operations to be performed by each of a plurality of data processors, comprising the steps of:i. calculating an average number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors;ii. calculating a standard deviation between the number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors and the average number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors;iii. selecting a first data processor which performs a highest number of operations;iv. selecting a first one of a plurality of groups of a plurality of devices assigned to the first data processor;v. assigning the first one of the plurality of groups of the plurality of devices to a second data processor;vi. routing the first one of the plurality of groups of the plurality of devices to the second data processor;vii. calculating a standard deviation between the number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors after the first one of the plurality of groups is assigned to the second data processor and the average number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors;viii. repeating steps iv. through vii. for each of the plurality of groups of the plurality of devices assigned to the first data processor; andix. identifying a selected one of the plurality of groups which results in a lowest standard deviation between the number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors and the average number of operations to be performed by each of the plurality of data processors with reference to information obtained in steps vii. or viii.