Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (publ)

Bernardin Drenski

Alexandru Hlibiciuc

Robert Schnell

Jan Scheurich

Jürgen Sauermann

Lukica Medak

The invention relates to a method for generating a load sharing vector indicating a plurality of communication targets for load sharing in a communication network. The method comprises providing a target distribution vector comprising a first number of entries indicating a first communication target, and comprising a second number of entries indicating a second communication target, and generating the load sharing vector upon the basis of active entries of the target distribution vector, the active entries indicating the communication target of the first or the second communication target which is available for load sharing in the communication network.

Method for generating a load sharing vector

A method of routing messages in an IP-based signaling network is provided. Further, a network node for performing such a routing of messages in an IP-based signaling network is provided. The network node comprises at least two interfaces and a processing unit configured to route an incoming message received at a first of the at least two interfaces to a second interface of the at least two interfaces. Further, a relay network comprising plural of such network nodes as relay nodes is provided.

Network node and method of routing messages in an IP-based signaling network

The application relates to the transport of SS7 signaling over an Internet Protocol based network and in particular to the routing of SS7 Signaling Network Management SSNM Messages such as Destination Unavailable DUNA and Signalling Congestion SCON by a SIGTRAN relay node. The SSNM messages are checked against a so-called 'validation rule', which either specifies a list of allowed affected point codes or a threshold rate of SSNM messages with the same affected point code. If the SSNM message is 'valid' it is sent to a so-called &#x201c;broadcast domain&#x201d; which comprise nodes such as signaling endpoints or component of one or more application servers.

Reducing broadcast of SS7 network management messages by SIGTRAN relay node

The invention relates to a method for generating a load sharing vector indicating a plurality of communication targets for load sharing in a communication network. The method comprises providing () a target distribution vector comprising a first number of entries indicating a first communication target, and comprising a second number of entries indicating a second communication target, and generating () the load sharing vector upon the basis of active entries of the target distribution vector, the active entries indicating the communication target of the first or the second communication target which is available for load sharing in the communication network.

A method of routing messages in an IP-based signaling network is provided. Further, a network node () for performing such a routing of messages in an IP-based signaling network, is provided. The network node () comprises at least two interfaces () and a processing unit () configured to route an incoming message received at a first of the at least two interfaces to a second interface of the at least two interfaces. Further, a relay network comprising plural of such network nodes as relay nodes is provided.

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