Patent ID: 7391722
Filing Date: 2008-06-24
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A congestion method for determining a congestion level for a buffer associated with an SS7 link according to congestion status rules other than the National Technique with multiple congestion levels and multiple congestion priorities as defined in ITU Q. 704 comprising: receiving, at a first computer program in a link processor, an abatement level and an onset level for the buffer; generating by the first computer program, based on the received abatement level and the received onset level, nine threshold levels for use by a second computer program to determine a congestion level for the buffer, the nine threshold levels including: providing the nine threshold levels to the second computer program; generating, by the second computer program, a congestion level for the buffer based on the nine threshold levels and usage of the buffer according to congestion status rules specified by National Technique with multiple congestion levels and multiple congestion priorities and providing the generated congestion level to the first computer program; and converting, by the first computer program, the generated congestion level into a converted congestion level, the converted congestion level being the congestion level arising from usage of the buffer, the received abatement level, and the received onset level that is specified by a set of rules selected from the group consisting of the National Technique with multiple congestion levels without congestion priority, as defined by ITU Q. 704 and the International Technique, as defined by ITU Q. 704.