Method and device for processing, at a network equipment, a processing request from a terminal

Network equipment for processing a processing request from a terminal configured to be associated with a network to which the network equipment can be connected, wherein it comprises:

• a receiver configured to receive, from the terminal, a message as part of the processing request;
• a relay agent configured to provide a network identification information into the received message;
• a load balancer configured to forward the received message to one of a plurality of processing units of the network equipment, depending on workload information associated with said processing units;
• and wherein said processing units are further configured to retrieve, based on the network identification information extracted from the received message, context information from a database unit shared between the processing units and to process the received message according to a state of the processing request, the processing request state being retrieved from the context information.

Network equipment for processing a processing request from a terminal configured to be associated with a network to which the network equipment can be connected, comprising at least one memory and at least one processing circuitry configured to perform, at the network equipment:

• receiving, from the terminal, a message provided as part of the processing request;
• providing, at a relay agent of the network equipment, a network identification information into the received message;
• forwarding the received message to one of a plurality of processing units of the network equipment, depending on workload information associated with said processing units;
• retrieving, based on the network identification information extracted from the received message, context information from a database unit shared between the processing units;
• and
• processing the received message according to a state of the processing request, the processing request state being retrieved from the context information.

Non-transitory program storage device, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the computer to perform a method for processing, at a network equipment, a processing request from a terminal configured to be associated with a network to which the network equipment can be connected, said method comprising:

• receiving, from the terminal, one message provided as part of the processing request;
• providing, at a relay agent of the network equipment, a network identification information into the received message;
• forwarding the received message to one of a plurality of processing units of the network equipment, depending on workload information associated with said processing units;
• retrieving, based on the network identification information extracted from the received message, context information from a database unit shared between the processing units;
• and
• processing the received message according to a state of the processing request retrieved from the context information.

Computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising program code instructions executable by a processor for implementing a method for processing, at a network equipment, a processing request from a terminal configured to be associated with a network to which the network equipment can be connected, said method comprising:

• receiving, from the terminal, a message provided as part of the processing request;
• providing, at a relay agent of the network equipment, a network identification information into the received message;
• forwarding the received message to one of a plurality of processing units of the network equipment, depending on workload information associated with said processing units;
• retrieving, based on the network identification information extracted from the received message, context information from a database unit shared between the processing units;
• and
• processing the received message according to a state of the processing request, the processing request state being retrieved from the context information.