Patent ID: 7043003

Claim:
A method for improving the load distribution in a signaling network having a large number of signaling nodes (A, B) for distributing signaling messages, and a large number of signaling channels (L 0 , L 1 , L 2 , L 3 ) for transmitting signaling messages, having at least one first and one second individual bandwidth (EBB 0 to EBB 3 ), with the second individual bandwidth (EBB 3 ) being wider than the first individual bandwidth (EBB 0 to EBB 2 ); characterized by the following steps: a) determining a respective available individual bandwidth (EBB 0 to EBB 3 ) for the signaling channels (L 0 to L 3 ) available at a signaling node (A); b) evaluating the determined individual bandwidths (EBB 0 to EBB 3 ); and c) assigning the signaling messages to be transmitted to the available signaling channels as a function of the result of the evaluation in step b).