Patent ID: 7386112

Claim:
A method comprising: detecting, by a signaling network node having a prescribed point code, a prescribed condition for at least an affected signaling node associated with a corresponding affected point code; generating by the signaling network node a route management signaling message in response to the prescribed condition, by: (1) first inserting the prescribed point code into an originating point code field, a destination point code for a corresponding destination signaling node into a destination point code field, and the affected point code into a third point code field, (2) selecting a signaling link selection value based on the affected point code, and (3) second inserting the signaling link selection value into a prescribed signaling link selection field in the route management signaling message; and outputting by the signaling network node the route management signaling message onto a signaling network for delivery to the destination signaling node via a path selected based on the signaling link selection value.