Patent ID: 6947390

Claim:
A method for the selection of at least one transmission entity out of a plurality of transmission entities of a telecommunication system, comprising the steps of: receiving an initiating event notification at a first transmission entity; determining service parameters and defining a requested service responsive to receipt of the initiating event notification; requesting submission of bids according to said service parameters from other transmission entities; receiving a plurality of bids at said first transmission entity; analysing the plurality of bids; and selecting at least one transmissions entity of the other transmission entities responsive to the analysed plurality of bids if an appropriate transmission entity is available, wherein the step of selecting further comprises the steps of: if no appropriate transmission entity is selected, modifying the request for the submission of bids; sending the modified request for the submission of bids to at least one transmission entity; receiving at least one bid; analysing the at least one bid; and if no appropriate transmission entity is available, rejecting the requested service.