Patent ID: 7564848

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, in a first network node, a message indicative of an active state of a server node; creating, in said first network node, a first filter specifying at least an address of said server node; receiving, from said server node, a first packet in said first network node, said first packet comprising destination information associated with a second network node; selecting, in said first network node, said first packet based on said first filter; requesting that an application entity, in said first network node, open a listening termination point in said first network node based on a termination point information in said first packet; creating, in said first network node, a second filter specifying said destination information, said second filter triggering an identifying of said listening termination point using termination point information in a triggered packet; selecting said first packet based on said second filter; and providing said first packet to said listening termination point.