Patent ID: 8606899
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling session access within a network license zone (NLZ), wherein the NLZ is a plurality of network nodes that are operated by a single entity and are configured to permit session access according to a zone-wide session license, the method comprising: receiving periodically, by each of the plurality of network nodes within the NLZ, a network access message from each of the other network nodes within the NLZ, each network access message including a count of active sessions enumerated by service type currently processed by the other network node; determining, by each of the plurality of network nodes within the NLZ, a summation of active sessions within the NLZ, the summation based in part on the network access messages and a count of active sessions currently processed by the network node; and enforcing, by each of the plurality of network nodes within the NLZ, a total count of active sessions within the NLZ, each network node configured to reject new session requests received at the network node when the total count of active sessions within the NLZ exceeds a predetermined number of active sessions as defined in the zone-wide session license.