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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2012
Nico Janssens, Putte, BE;
Claudio Forlivesi, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, BE;
Philippe Dobbelaere, Ranst, BE;
Alessandro Duminuco, Antwerp, BE;
Nico Janssens, Putte, BE;
Claudio Forlivesi, Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, BE;
Philippe Dobbelaere, Ranst, BE;
Alessandro Duminuco, Antwerp, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
An apparatus (CEG) for interconnecting a user agent to a cluster of servers, the apparatus comprising a first protocol agent configured to exchange first messages with said user agent according to a SIP protocol, wherein said apparatus has the role of a User Agent Server; a second protocol agent configured to exchange second messages with a selected server from among said cluster of servers according to the SIP protocol, wherein said apparatus has the role of a User Agent Client; interconnection means for relaying messages from among said first messages and said second messages between said first protocol agent and said second protocol agent; wherein said second protocol agent is further configured to terminate elasticity control messages received from said cluster of servers.