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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
Arup Acharya, Nanuet, NY (US);
Dilip Dinkar Kandlur, San Jose, CA (US);
Prashant Pradhan, New Rochelle, NY (US);
Arup Acharya, Nanuet, NY (US);
Dilip Dinkar Kandlur, San Jose, CA (US);
Prashant Pradhan, New Rochelle, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for differentiated handling of VoIP call control messages according to their importance and functionality, thus providing to VoIP infrastructures a level of robust call control similar to that in PSTN networks. SIP messages are classified by their type or content, and resources of a VoIP call control server are allocated to the SIP messages according to a policy. The scheme also provides overload protection and prioritized handling of certain kinds of requests in VoIP call control servers.