Patent ID: 8402144

Claim:
A method for establishing a communication link between a communication system and a remote station by means of a communication network, whereby, in the context of the communication link, a parameterized selection of a remote station is made from among a plurality of available remote stations by utilizing a name resolution mechanism, whereby the communication system forms or embeds a logical name by means of parameters used for the selection of a remote station and transmits this so-formed logical name to a name resolution mechanism present in the communication network, which selects a remote station based on this logical name and a selection function and returns its communication address to the communication system, wherein the parameters or the information for the deriving thereof are statically configured in the communication system and the communication system receives the parameters or the information for the deriving thereof from the communication network by means of a specific request or through a broadcast and wherein the selection function takes into account further parameters in addition to the logical name, which include the load of the available support systems or administration systems or communications parameter or network load, and additionally based on this additional parameter selects a corresponding remote station and returns its communication address to the communication system.