Overload prevention in an intelligent network
First Claim
1. A telecommunications network comprising an Intelligent Network (IN) wherein the network is arranged to perform an automatic Call-Gapping operation at a point at which an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call wherein the IN comprises a Call Control Function (CCF) and wherein the point at which an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call is comprised in the CCF.
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Abstract
In a telecommunications network which comprises an Intelligent Network (IN), Call-Gapping is implemented in a call control function (CCF), so that calls are selectively discarded automatically in order to reduce the load on the IN. As the CCF is the point at which an incoming call is first recognized as an IN call, this arrangement reduces processing resources consumed by discarded calls and also provides for a faster IN call rejection response.
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- 1. A telecommunications network comprising an Intelligent Network (IN) wherein the network is arranged to perform an automatic Call-Gapping operation at a point at which an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call wherein the IN comprises a Call Control Function (CCF) and wherein the point at which an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call is comprised in the CCF.
- 7. A method for Call-Gapping in an Intelligent Network (IN) comprised in a telecommunications network, the method comprising an automatic Call-Gapping operation wherein the automatic Call-Gapping operation is performed at a point where an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call wherein the IN comprises a Call Control Function (CCF) and wherein the point at which an incoming call to the IN is recognized as an IN call is comprised in the CCF, wherein the IN comprises a Service Control Point (SCP) and wherein the automatic Call-Gapping operation is performed by the CCF, under control of the SCP.
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