Abstract: Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in telecommunications networks. In an exemplary apparatus, a network node (314, 500; 302, 400) in a telecommunications network is provided, the node comprising: a receiver (504; 404) configured to receive congestion data identifying a congested area (A-H) and one or more user equipments, UE, (a-j; 312) affected by the congested area; an alternative network determiner (516; 420) configured to determine one or more switchable UEs, amongst the identified UEs, that may be offloaded to an alternative access network (1-3); and a network switcher (518; 422) configured to control a transmitter (502; 402) to transmit an instruction for one or more of the switchable UEs to switch to an alternative access network.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus for congestion mitigation in telecommunications networks. In an exemplary apparatus, a network node (314, 500; 302, 400) in a telecommunications network is provided, the node comprising: a receiver (504; 404) configured to receive congestion data identifying a congested area (A-H) and one or more user equipments, UE, (a-j; 312) affected by the congested area; an alternative network determiner (516; 420) configured to determine one or more switchable UEs, amongst the identified UEs, that may be offloaded to an alternative access network (1-3); and a network switcher (518; 422) configured to control a transmitter (502; 402) to transmit an instruction for one or more of the switchable UEs to switch to an alternative access network.

Abstract: There is provided a method for storing data in a database comprising a first and a second memory. The method comprises reading a first page of data from the second memory, modifying at least part of the data read from said first page with the data to be stored in said database, writing the modified data to a second page of data in the first memory, and copying the second page from the first memory to the second memory. The data in the second page are sequentially ordered based upon the order in which the data were modified.

Abstract: The invention provides a system and a method for providing those client applications having access to services in a first domain with access to services in another domain via a standardized interface such as the one specified under OSA/PARLAY standardization bodies. Therefore, in accordance with the invention, there is provided a framework-to-framework interface whereby a number of domains are enabled to offer services to another number of domains, and whereby a particular first framework in a first domain can proceed to discover available service enablers in other domains via corresponding second frameworks in said other domains. Thus, in accordance with the invention, a first domain is enabled to offer services to its client applications from a second domain in addition to those services already offered by said first domain itself. In addition the invention expands the system and method with ways to specify, communicate and enforce the agreements between the domains involved.