Patent ID: 7480244
Filing Date: 2009-01-20
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. For use in a telecommunication network, a telecommunication node including a scalable call-processing system, said call-processing system comprising: processing nodes operable to process signaling messages, each of said processing nodes configured to monitor a respective loading factor and produce respective real-time loading information; resource server nodes operable to provide resources to said processing nodes, each of said resource server nodes configured to monitor a respective loading factor and produce respective real-time loading information, wherein said resource server nodes are further operable to determine which of said signaling messages are related signaling messages; and a load-sharing manager connected to receive said real-time loading information from each of said processing nodes and each of said resource server nodes, said load-sharing manager further connected to receive said signaling messages and distribute said signaling messages to said processing nodes for processing using said resource server nodes based on load-sharing rules generated using programmable policies and said real-time loading information, wherein said related signaling messages are routed to a single processing node.