Overload protection in a communication network
AssigneeNokiya Solutions and Networks Oy
InventorUlrich WIEHE
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Abstract
In an apparatus of a communication network it is determined whether or not overload protection processing has been requested by a server, the over-load protection processing being performed by dropping messages. In case it is determined that the overload protection processing has not been requested, a message to be sent from a client to the server is processed according to a security protocol. In case it is determined that the overload protection processing has been requested, the message is processed according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, and a predetermined indication is included in the message processed according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, in case the message is not dropped.
Claims11
A method for use by an apparatus of a communication network, the method comprising:
- determining whether or not overload protection processing has been requested by a server, the overload protection processing being performed by dropping messages;
- in case it is determined that the overload protection processing has not been requested, processing a message to be sent from a client to the server according to a security protocol;
- in case it is determined that the overload protection processing has been requested, processing the message according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, and including a predetermined indication in the message processed according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, in case the message is not dropped.
An apparatus of a communication network, the apparatus comprising:
- a controller configured to determine whether or not overload protection processing has been requested by a server, the overload protection processing being performed by dropping messages;
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- a processer configured to,
- in case the controller determines that the overload protection processing has not been requested, process a message to be sent from a client to the server according to a security protocol, and
- in case the controller determines that the overload protection processing has been requested, process the message according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, and include a predetermined indication in the message processed according to the security protocol by adopting the overload protection processing, in case the message is not dropped.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.