Patent ID: 8817627
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method for performing network management for a message transfer part (MTP) load sharing group, the method comprising: (a) maintaining network management status for an MTP load sharing group wherein the MTP load sharing group is configured such that messages originating from the same network node will be load shared among different destination nodes, wherein the messages originating from the same network node are received by a network routing node as route-on-point-code-subsystem number (PC-SSN) messages addressed to a common capability point code (CPC) that is shared by the different destination nodes; (b) detecting, by the network routing node, a network management event affecting status of a member of the MTP load sharing group, wherein detecting a network management event includes receiving a first transfer-prohibited (TFP) message or a first transfer-controlled (TFC) message from the member of the MTP load sharing group; (c) determining, by the network routing node, whether a status for the MTP load sharing group has changed, wherein the status for the MTP load sharing group is changed in the event each of the different destination nodes of the MTP load sharing group is congested or prohibited; and (d) in response to determining that a network management status for the MTP load sharing group has changed, performing, by the network routing node, a network management procedure for the MTP load sharing group, wherein performing the network management procedure includes sending a second TFP message or a second TFC message to the same network node.