Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing origin routing at a diameter node

• US 8,554,928 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2011
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tekelec
• Original Assignee: Tekelec
• Inventors: Craig, Jeffrey Alan, Kanode, Mark Edward, Karmarkar, Kedar Kashinath, McCann, Thomas M., Tomar, Mahesh, Wallace, Donald E.
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US13/026,081
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202612A1
• Time in Patent Office: 970 Days
• Field of Search: 709223-230, 709/232, 709238-244
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0805 by checking availability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/028 Dynamic adaptation of the update intervals, e.g. event-triggered updates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/28 using route fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/304 Route determination for signalling traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/34 Source routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/60 Router architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0892 by using authentication-authorization-accounting [AAA] servers or protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for providing origin routing at a Diameter node are disclosed. One exemplary method includes receiving, at a Diameter message processor associated with a DSR, a Diameter message from a first Diameter node. The method further includes accessing, using the Diameter message processor, Diameter peer routing information that includes Diameter origination information to determine a second Diameter node that is a peer of the DSR and to which the Diameter message is to be forwarded. The method also includes forwarding the Diameter message to the determined second Diameter node.

Claims

1. A method for routing Diameter messages using a Diameter Signaling Router (DSR) based on origination information, the method comprising:

receiving, at an ingress Diameter message processor associated with a DSR, a Diameter message from a first Diameter node;

accessing, using the ingress Diameter message processor, Diameter peer routing information that includes Diameter origination information to determine a second Diameter node that is a peer of the DSR and to which the Diameter message is to be forwarded, wherein accessing the Diameter peer routing information includes accessing the Diameter origination information to determine an egress Diameter message processor associated with the second Diameter node from among a plurality of egress Diameter message processors within the DSR, wherein Diameter origination information includes a Diameter origination realm parameter and a Diameter origination host parameter; and

forwarding the Diameter message to the determined second Diameter node via the determined egress Diameter message processor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein accessing Diameter peer routing information includes selecting a route to the second Diameter node over which to send the Diameter message based at least in part on Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein selecting a route to a second Diameter node includes accessing a peer routing table (PRT) containing the Diameter origination information, locating a rule entry in the PRT that includes Diameter origination rule parameters that match Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message, and selecting an available route associated with the located rule entry.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the located rule entry indicates a route list that is associated with an active route group that includes the available route.

5. The method of claim 3 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include origination realm information.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include origination host information.

7. The method of claim 3 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include either ingress peer information or peer connection information.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein accessing Diameter peer routing information includes selecting a route to the second Diameter node over which to send the Diameter message based only on Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message.

9. The method of claim 1 comprising transmitting, at the determined egress Diameter message processor, the Diameter message to the second Diameter node.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the Diameter peer routing information is contained in memory located on the ingress Diameter message processor.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the Diameter peer routing information is contained in memory located external to the ingress Diameter message processor and is shared by all message processors in the DSR.

12. The method of claim 1 comprising determining a destination host associated with the received Diameter message using origin host information and destination realm information contained in the received Diameter message.

13. The method of claim 1 comprising determining a local application host in the DSR to process the received Diameter message using origin host information contained in the received Diameter message.

14. A system for routing Diameter signaling messages, the system comprising:

a Diameter signaling router (DSR) comprising;

a memory for storing Diameter peer routing information that includes Diameter origination information; and

an ingress Diameter message processor configured to receive a Diameter message from a first Diameter node, access the Diameter peer routing information that includes the Diameter origination information used to determine an egress Diameter message processor among a plurality of egress Diameter message processors within the DSR and associated with a second Diameter node that is a peer of the DSR and to which the Diameter request message is to be forwarded, and forward the Diameter request message to the determined second Diameter node via the determined egress Diameter message processor, wherein Diameter origination information includes a Diameter origination realm parameter and a Diameter origination host parameter.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the ingress Diameter message processor is configured to select a route to the second Diameter node over which to send the Diameter message based at least in part on Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the memory includes a peer routing table (PRT) that stores the Diameter peer routing information, wherein the ingress Diameter message processor is configured to access the PRT, locate a rule entry in the PRT that includes Diameter origination rule parameters that match Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message, and select an available route associated with the located rule entry.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the located rule entry indicates a route list that is associated with an active route group that includes the available route.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include origination realm information.

19. The system of claim 16 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include origination host information.

20. The system of claim 16 wherein the Diameter message origination parameters include either ingress peer information or peer connection information.

21. The system of claim 14 wherein the ingress Diameter message processor is configured to select a route to the second Diameter node over which to send the Diameter message based only on Diameter origination message parameters contained within the Diameter message.

22. The system of claim 14 comprising transmitting, at the determined egress Diameter message processor, the Diameter message to the second Diameter node.

23. The system of claim 14 wherein the Diameter peer routing information is contained in memory located on the ingress Diameter message processor.

24. The system of claim 14 wherein the Diameter peer routing information is contained in memory located external to the ingress Diameter message processor and is shared by all message processors in the DSR.

25. The system of claim 14 wherein the Diameter message processor is configured to determine a destination host associated with the received Diameter message using origin host information and destination realm information contained in the received Diameter message.

26. The system of claim 14 wherein the Diameter message processor is configured to determine a local application host in the DSR to process the received Diameter message using origin host information contained in the received Diameter message.

27. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions embodied in a computer readable medium and when executed by a processor of a computer performs steps comprising:

receiving, at an ingress Diameter message processor associated with a DSR, a Diameter message from a first Diameter node;

accessing, using the ingress Diameter message processor, Diameter peer routing information that includes Diameter origination information to determine a second Diameter node that is a peer of the DSR and to which the Diameter message is to be forwarded, wherein accessing the Diameter peer routing information includes accessing the Diameter origination information to determine an egress Diameter message processor associated with the second Diameter node from among a plurality of egress Diameter message processors within the DSR, wherein Diameter origination information includes a Diameter origination realm parameter and a Diameter origination host parameter; and

forwarding the Diameter message to the determined second Diameter node via the determined egress Diameter message processor.