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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Robby Darren Benedyk, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dan Alan Brendes, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Michael Sprague, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Ernest Davidson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peter Joseph Marsico, Carrboro, NC (US);
Robby Darren Benedyk, Raleigh, NC (US);
Dan Alan Brendes, Raleigh, NC (US);
David Michael Sprague, Raleigh, NC (US);
Mark Ernest Davidson, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Peter Joseph Marsico, Carrboro, NC (US);
Tekelec, Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a communications network element that is capable of routing signaling messages and includes a dynamic routing key registration feature which allows Internet protocol (IP) nodes to automatically register/de-register and subsequently direct traffic towards or away from themselves without the need for manual operator intervention. A signaling gateway routing node includes a self-registering data communication module (sDCM) that is adapted to receive and process dynamic routing key registration messages from associated IP nodes. Such dynamic routing key registration messages may include information that is used to register a new routing key association with a TCP/IP connection, de-register an existing routing key association with the TCP/IP connection, or modify routing key information associated with the TCP/IP connection.