Patent ID: 8000237

Claim:
A method of reducing traffic overload in a Next Generation Network (NGN), wherein traffic includes the flow of admitted requests, calls, packets and tasks, the method comprising steps of: utilizing a throttle device, coupled with a basic throttle having different levels of traffic priority, situated between a source node and a target node for processing a traffic offer received from the source node, the throttle device configured to cause a central processing unit to determine whether to send the traffic offer on to a node targeted by the source node; provisionally updating the basic throttle, by the throttle device, as if the traffic offer is admitted, wherein a new traffic priority level of the basic throttle is determined; admitting the traffic offer if a traffic priority level of the provisionally updated basic throttle is greater than or equal to the new traffic priority level; and rejecting the traffic offer if the provisionally updated basic throttle traffic priority level is less than the new traffic priority level.