Method and network entity for selecting for a subscriber a call session establishing server to be registered within a voice over internet protocol network
First Claim
1. A network node in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network, wherein:
- the network node is arranged to access a memory that includesa subscriber list, being part of a multitude of subscriber lists, corresponding to a subscriber, the subscriber list including information representative of further subscribers with which said subscriber has been engaged in a session via the VoIP network, the subscriber list including for each of the listed further subscribers a ranking representative of the relative frequency said subscriber has been engaged with that further subscriber in a session via the VoIP network, anda server list corresponding to said subscriber for including identifiers of call session establishing servers, and for including for each of the listed call session establishing servers a ranking;
the network node is arranged to check, for each of the listed further subscribers, whether that further subscriber is registered in a call session establishing server, and, if so;
when the call session establishing server is not yet included in the server list, to add an identifier of said call session establishing server to the server list and to associate the ranking of said further subscriber to said call session establishing server, andwhen the call session establishing server is already included in the server list, to add the ranking of said further subscriber to the ranking associated with said call session establishing server, andthe network node is arranged to select from the server list the call session establishing server with the highest ranking.
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Abstract
Method and network node for selecting for a subscriber a call session establishing server to be registered with in a VoIP network. For the subscriber in a memory a subscriber list is maintained including for further subscribers a ranking representative of the relative frequency said subscriber has been engaged with that further subscriber in a session via the VoIP network. In the memory a server list is maintained and updated including identifiers of call session establishing servers, and for each of the listed call session establishing servers a ranking representative of the cumulative relative frequencies further subscribers registered with that call session establishing server have been engaged with the subscriber in a session via the VoIP network. From the server list the call session establishing server with the highest ranking is selected for the subscriber to be registered with.
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14 Claims
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1. A network node in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network, wherein:
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the network node is arranged to access a memory that includes a subscriber list, being part of a multitude of subscriber lists, corresponding to a subscriber, the subscriber list including information representative of further subscribers with which said subscriber has been engaged in a session via the VoIP network, the subscriber list including for each of the listed further subscribers a ranking representative of the relative frequency said subscriber has been engaged with that further subscriber in a session via the VoIP network, and a server list corresponding to said subscriber for including identifiers of call session establishing servers, and for including for each of the listed call session establishing servers a ranking; the network node is arranged to check, for each of the listed further subscribers, whether that further subscriber is registered in a call session establishing server, and, if so; when the call session establishing server is not yet included in the server list, to add an identifier of said call session establishing server to the server list and to associate the ranking of said further subscriber to said call session establishing server, and when the call session establishing server is already included in the server list, to add the ranking of said further subscriber to the ranking associated with said call session establishing server, and the network node is arranged to select from the server list the call session establishing server with the highest ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for selecting for a subscriber a call session establishing server to be registered with in a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network, the method comprising:
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maintaining, in a memory, a subscriber list corresponding to said subscriber, the subscriber list including information representative of further subscribers with which said subscriber has been engaged in a session via the VoIP network, and a server list corresponding to said subscriber for including identifiers of call session establishing servers, and for including for each of the listed call session establishing servers a ranking; determining, for each of the listed further subscribers, a ranking representative of the relative frequency said subscriber has been engaged with that further subscriber in a session via the VoIP network, and including the ranking in the subscriber list; checking for each of the listed further subscribers whether that further subscriber is registered in a call session establishing server, and, if so, when the call session establishing server is not yet included in the server list, adding an identifier of said call session establishing server to the server list and associating the ranking of said further subscriber to said call session establishing server, and when the call session establishing server is already included in the server list, adding the ranking of said further subscriber to the ranking associated with said call session establishing server; and selecting from the server list the call session establishing server with the highest ranking. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising, stored thereupon, software code portions arranged for performing, when run on a programmable apparatus:
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maintaining, in a memory, a subscriber list corresponding to said subscriber, the subscriber list including information representative of further subscribers with which said subscriber has been engaged in a session via a Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network, and a server list corresponding to said subscriber for including identifiers of call session establishing servers, and for including for each of the listed call session establishing servers a ranking; determining, for each of the listed further subscribers, a ranking representative of the relative frequency said subscriber has been engaged with that further subscriber in a session via the VoIP network, and including the ranking in the subscriber list; checking, for each of the listed further subscribers, whether that further subscriber is registered in a call session establishing server, and, if so, when the call session establishing server is not yet included in the server list, adding an identifier of said call session establishing server to the server list and associating the ranking of said further subscriber to said call session establishing server, and when the call session establishing server is already included in the server list, adding the ranking of said further subscriber to the ranking associated with said call session establishing server; and selecting from the server list the call session establishing server with the highest ranking.
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