Cisco Technology, Inc.

Amitava Das

Joseph Salowey

Paul Aloysius Schmidt

William C Gossman

Michael A Wright

Frank Gerard Bordonaro

Viren K Malaviya

Glenn D Watson

Gopal K Dommety

Uwe Sellentin

Randal Latta Dunn, Jr

Wayne Taylor

A method for distributing information in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a communication flow and executing a routing decision for the communication flow that directs the communication flow to a selected one of a plurality of servers. The routing decision is based on a selected one or more user-specified parameters and on one or more data segments that reflect feedback associated with one or more of the servers. The feedback indicates one or more conditions associated with one or more of the servers.

System and method for distributing information in a network environment

A signaling network node is configured for identifying a received signaling message as belonging to one of a plurality of prescribed originating node groups, based on prescribed message class selection criteria. Each originating node group has at least one originating node and is assigned at least one congestion threshold relative to a message rate (e.g., messages per unit time or number of bytes per unit time). The signaling network node determines the message rate for each corresponding originating node group; if the message rate for an originating node group exceeds the corresponding at least one congestion threshold, the signaling network node outputs a congestion signaling message to the originating node having sent the signaling message, for reduction of the corresponding message rate.

Arrangement for controlling congestion in an SS7 signaling node based on packet classification

A method for authenticating an element in a network environment is provided that includes receiving a request for one or more triplets. One or more of the triplets may be associated with an authentication communications protocol that may be executed in order to facilitate a communication session. The method further includes returning one or more of the triplets in response to the request and initiating the communication session in response to the triplets after proper authentication of an entity associated with the request.

System and method for authenticating an element in a network environment

A system for user authentication includes a gateway operable to receive a user authentication request in an Internet Protocol format from a server. The gateway communicates the user authentication request in a Signaling System 7 protocol to a user registry. The gateway is also operable to receive a user authentication response in the Signaling System 7 protocol from the user registry. The gateway communicates the user authentication response in the Internet Protocol format to the server.

System and method for network user authentication

A signaling network node is configured for generating a routing decision based on selectively masking a point code field from a received SS7 signaling message. The received SS7 signaling message includes a header that includes a point code field having a prescribed bit length. The signaling network node searches its routing table to determine the presence of a matching full-length point code of the prescribed bit length that specifies a prescribed route for the received signaling message. If there is no matching full-length point code, the signaling network node generates a reduced point code by applying a user-selectable mask to the point code. The signaling network node then searches its routing table, based on the reduced point code, for a matching reduced-length point code that specifies a corresponding summary route. If desired different masks may be used until a matching reduced-length point code is located. The signaling network node, upon locating a matching reduced-length point code that matches the reduced point code, outputs the received signaling message based on the corresponding summary route.

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Amitava Das