Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for transferring SCCP messages to one of a plurality of entities in an entity set. The method receives a SCCP message from which a traffic type for said received message is determined. A global title associated with said received message is then translated to a destination entity set. For each entity in the destination entity set, a maximum allowed rate for receiving messages of said traffic type at that entity and a current rate for transferring messages of said traffic type to that entity are determined. The method then determines a subset of entities for which the current rate is smaller than or equal to the maximum allowed rate. If the subset contains at least one entity, the method selects one entity from the subset and transfers the SCCP message to said selected entity. The invention also provides an advanced signaling transfer point STP.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission device for transmitting signaling messages from a signaling system, comprising a receiving interface (2) for receiving signaling messages, a plurality of processing devices (4a 4n) for processing the signaling messages received, and a decision device (3) which selects a processing device (4a 4n) for the further processing of the respective signaling message according to the source and/or user information contained in the respective signaling messages.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for transferring SCCP messages to one of a plurality of entities in an entity set. The method receives a SCCP message from which a traffic type for said received message is determined. A global title associated with said received message is then translated to a destination entity set. For each entity in the destination entity set, a maximum allowed rate for receiving messages of said traffic type at that entity and a current rate for transferring messages of said traffic type to that entity are determined. The method then determines a subset of entities for which the current rate is smaller than or equal to the maximum allowed rate. If the subset contains at least one entity, the method selects one entity from the subset and transfers the SCCP message to said selected entity. The invention also provides an advanced signaling transfer point STP.

Abstract: Telephone number portability is provided by decoding a key of an original number dialed into a profile that indicates an operation to be performed on the number dialed. At least one profile that indicates a manner in which the original number dialed is to be affected by an operation to produce a ported telephone number corresponding to the original dialed number.

Abstract: The invention relates to a transmission device for transmitting signaling messages from a signaling system, comprising a receiving interface (2) for receiving signaling messages, a plurality of processing devices (4a 4n) for processing the signaling messages received, and a decision device (3) which selects a processing device (4a 4n) for the further processing of the respective signaling message according to the source and/or user information contained in the respective signaling messages.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for transmitting a signaling message (6-9, 12, 13; 24-35) in a network of the signaling system type No. 7 (SS#7) from a source location to a destination (1, 2, 4, 5; 20, 22, 23) by means of an SCCP (Signaling Connection Control Part) transmission protocol. The signaling message (6-9, 12, 13; 24-35) is addressed with a global title (14-19; 36-43) for identifying the destination (4, 5; 22, 23), and an additional item of address information (10, 11; 44, 45) is assigned to the global title (14, 15; 36, 37) before an address conversion of the global title is executed in the network of the signaling system type No. 7 in order to determine a suitable route for transmitting the signaling message (6-9, 12, 13; 24-35).