Patent ID: 9031217
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: collecting, by a processor located in a first office of a network, customer registration counts of Internet protocol based endpoints from session border controllers located in the first office; determining, by the processor, that the customer registration counts have exceeded a first threshold; determining, by the processor, that a number of calls traversing the first office and that utilize a media gateway in a second office of the network have exceeded a second threshold; and directing, by the processor, the session border controllers located in the first office to enact a throttling when the first threshold is exceeded and when the second threshold is exceeded, wherein the throttling comprises refusing to setup a call comprising an inter office call from one of the internet protocol based endpoints to a time division multiplexing based endpoint that is assigned to be accessed via the media gateway in the second office.