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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent, Paris, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04W 28/24 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/50 (2013.01); H04L 43/10 (2013.01); H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 65/1066 (2013.01); H04W 28/24 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: determining by the network device that an S9 session should be audited; determining that the S9 session is a suspect session; transmitting an S9 message to a partner device, wherein the S9 message includes an innocuous instruction; receiving, at the network device, a response message from the partner device; determining, based on the response message, whether the suspect session is orphaned; and if the suspect session is orphaned, removing an S9 session record associated with the suspect session.