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Mechanism for charging and session handling supporting forking

  • US 20080046573A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2007
  • Published: 02/21/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • initializing a communication connection between at least two parties;

    executing forking of the communication connection at a network node to a plurality of branches in a forward direction of the network node;

    receiving, at the network node, response messages from destination nodes of at least one branch of the plurality of branches;

    forwarding a first successful response message from one of the destination nodes in a backward direction side of the network node;

    generating a connection terminating message in response to a receipt of further successful response messages from at least one other destination node differing to the first successful response; and

    forwarding the connection terminating message to the at least one other destination node for terminating a dialog with the at least one other destination node.

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