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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2015
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Robert James Sparks, Plano, TX (US);
Ben Allen Campbell, Irving, TX (US);
Adam Boyd Roach, Dallas, TX (US);
Ajay Padmakar Deo, Carrollton, TX (US);
TEKELEC, INC., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing sedation service in a telecommunications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for providing sedation service in a telecommunications network is provided. The method includes steps that are performed at a session initiation protocol (SIP) sedation node. The method includes receiving a first message sent from a SIP user agent and intended for a SIP server. The method further includes determining whether the SIP server is unavailable. The method further includes responsive to a determination that the SIP server is unavailable to respond to the first message, sending, to the SIP client, a SIP sedation message for reducing the number or frequency of messages sent by the SIP user agent to the SIP server.