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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2004
Shaoji NI, Espoo, FI;
Timo Jokiaho, Vantaa, FI;
Mika Panhelainen, Joensuu, FI;
Mikael Latvala, Helsinki, FI;
Vesa-pekka Takala, Klaukkala, FI;
Shaoji Ni, Espoo, FI;
Timo Jokiaho, Vantaa, FI;
Mika Panhelainen, Joensuu, FI;
Mikael Latvala, Helsinki, FI;
Vesa-Pekka Takala, Klaukkala, FI;
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
The present invention concerns load balancing for control plane traffic of a network element comprising multiple CPU nodes assigned to a common external IP address in a packet data enabled telecommunication network. IP messages addressed to the network element are received, and received IP messages comprising GTP-C messages are identified. A TEID-C value of a GTP-C message is identified and the GTP-C message is forwarded to a CPU node based on its identified TEID-C value, if its identified TEID-C value does not equal zero.