Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for mass call defense in a communications network, comprises detecting a mass call event, detecting a resource exhaust event related to the mass call event, where the resource exhaust event is based upon a release message indicating a call connection attempt in excess of a threshold, and releasing, upon detecting the resource exhaust event, subsequent call connection attempts to a called telephone number.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus, system and method of traffic measurement for a node in a telecommunication network. A communication linkset is monitored and a traffic measurement collection is triggered when the linkset is determined to be overdriven or overloaded. For an overdriven linkset, outbound messages are examined to determine the associated communication linksets providing traffic to the overloaded linkset and a count is initiated for messages received on those associated communication linksets.

Abstract: A telecommunications node (e.g., signalling transfer point) and method are described herein that implement a synthetic GTT transformation function which allows a direct address SCCP message received from a legacy switch to be transformed into a GTA SCCP message that can be propagated to another switch (located in the same network or in a different network) which requires the use of a GTT functionality. In turn, the telecommunications node and method can also provide the reverse capability as a SCCP message comes back to the legacy switch.

Abstract: A signaling transfer point (STP) (or Signaling Server Global (SSG)) is described herein which includes a processor and a mapping database that can depending on the direction of a message change the Origination Point Code (OPC) or the Destination Point Code (DPC) and the Circuit Identification Code (CIC) contained in the message. As such, the STP can receive a message from a foreign switch located in another telecommunications network and redirect the message that was originally destined for an old switch, which is in the process being removed or has been removed, to a new switch which now hosts the trunks previously connected to the old switch. The return traffic from the new switch is also processed by the STP so that when the foreign switch receives the message, it will appear like it originated from the old switch. As a result, the user of the STP can transparently consolidate switches without affecting the SS7 database contained in other carrier networks.