Emergency services routing proxy cluster management

A method of emergency services call routing, the method comprising:

• receiving, at an electronic device including a cluster management processor, first registration information from a first emergency services routing proxy node, the first registration information including a routing service identifier;
• receiving second registration information from a second emergency service routing proxy node, the second registration information including the routing service identifier;
• receiving a load balancing policy;
• providing a service status message for a routing service associated with the routing service identifier;
• receiving node information from one or more of the first emergency services routing proxy node and the second emergency services proxy node;
• receiving a call including a service identifier;
• identifying the first emergency services routing proxy node or the second emergency services proxy node to provide the routing service for the call, the identifying based on:
• the service identifier included in the call;
• the first registration information;
• the second registration information;
• the load balancing policy;
• and
• the node information.

An emergency services routing proxy device, the device including:

• a plurality of means for routing calls to a downstream entity, the calls received from an upstream entity, wherein the plurality of means includes a first means for routing calls and a second means for routing calls;
• means for receiving registration information from said plurality of means for routing calls, wherein registration information for the first means for routing calls includes a routing service identifier and registration information for the second means for routing calls includes the routing service identifier;
• means for providing a service status message for a routing service associated with the routing service identifier;
• means for identifying one of the first means for routing calls or the second means for routing calls to provide the routing service for a call, the identifying based on a service identifier included in the call and the registration information received from said plurality of means for routing calls;
• and
• load balancing means for identifying the first means for routing calls or the second means for routing calls based on a load balancing policy, said means for identifying is configured to identify the one of the first means for routing calls or the second means for routing calls via the load balancing means.