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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2006
Anders Olof Danne, Kista, SE;
Michael Palmeter, Millbrae, CA (US);
Anders Olof Danne, Kista, SE;
Michael Palmeter, Millbrae, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for handling incoming service requests, where an application server comprises a set of traffic modules, each being capable of handling at least one predetermined multimedia service. When an initial service request is received from a requester, a load balancing function, capable of selecting basically any traffic module in the set of traffic modules, is applied to assign a traffic module in the set of traffic modules for handling the received service request. After processing the request, a response is sent to the requester including a port number associated with the assigned traffic module. When receiving a subsequent service request including a port number indication, a port mapping function is applied to determine the earlier-assigned traffic module associated with the given port number indication, for handling said subsequent service request.