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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2014
Applicant:
Alcatel-lucent Canada Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Inventor:
Robert A. Mann, Carp, CA;
Assignee:
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billiancourt, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/16 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1078 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01); H04L 61/103 (2013.01); H04L 61/203 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a Diameter Routing Agent (DRA) for processing a Diameter message, the method including: providing alias Diameter identifiers (IDs) to peers with the same Diameter IDs; receiving a Diameter message at the DRA associated with one of the peers with the same Diameter ID; determining a correct peer of the peers with the same Diameter ID associated with the received Diameter message; setting the destination host of the received Diameter message to the aliased ID of the correct peer; and transmitting the Diameter message to the correct peer.