GROUP COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A method of managing a voice conference in which a plurality of users are connected to a first network entity, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request to add a new user to a voice conference at a control node; the control node analysing a conference load on the first network entity and if the conference load exceeds a threshold, selecting another network entity and transmitting the request to said another network entity; receiving the request from the control node at the another network entity, and determining whether the another network entity is currently included in the voice conference; and if the another network entity is not currently included in the voice conference, creating a bridging connection between the another network entity and the first network entity, connecting the new user to the another network entity, and adding the new user to the voice conference via said bridging connection.