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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2013
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Donald Eugene Wallace, Boulder, CO (US);
David Michael Sprague, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jonathan James Palmer, Durham, NC (US);
Thomas Michael Wagner, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jeffrey Alan Craig, Durham, NC (US);
Tekelec, Inc., Morrisville, NC (US);
Abstract
According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for routing Diameter messages. The method includes steps occurring at a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising a plurality of Diameter message processors. The method includes receiving a Diameter request message. The method further includes generating a hop-by-hop identifier for identifying a first Diameter message processor of the plurality of Diameter message processors. The method further includes incorporating the hop-by-hop identifier into the Diameter request message. The method further includes routing the Diameter request message to a first Diameter node.